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The Hands of Tobacco
The Hands of Tobacco, hanging above the Balancing Rock,
are two stalactites about ten thousand years old. One is active and
still forming, the other inactive. There is usually a steady stream
of water flowing from the bottom of the active stalactite. This water
falls to the Balancing Rock below and is creating a flowstone deposit
down along the Balancing Rock. It is possible to estimate the age of
these two formations because they could not have begun to form until
the Balancing Rock moved from its original position about ten thousand
years ago.
See Cave Geology
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