Carl Kunath has a comparison photo of the chandelier over many years. Jerry.
Sent from my iPhone On Jan 24, 2013, at 2:10 PM, Pete Lindsley <caverp...@gmail.com> wrote: > George, I have heard that same story over the years from the likes of Trout, > Komensky, and others. I was first in the cave around 1963 and probably have > some pictures of the chandelier from that time. It would be interesting to > find some of the old photos of the chandelier over the years and see if we > can actually determine if some of it is missing. > > - Pete > > On Jan 24, 2013, at 2:11 PM, George Veni wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > I have recently learned of an error in NCKRI’s 2011-2012 Annual Report. The > cover photo has the caption: > > “This 1963 photo of rare gypsum chandeliers in Cottonwood Cave, New Mexico, > is one of many taken by the late Bob Trout and donated this year to NCKRI. > Gifts such as this have incredible value, in this case because this > spectacular speleothem was tragically destroyed by vandals. It now only > exists in a few images like this, which NCKRI strives to collect, preserve, > and make available for research and education.” > > Many years ago Jerry Trout showed me a place in the cave where there is now > bare wall and he described how a chandelier extended to the floor. I don’t > know if I was told that this cover photo was of that location or I > misunderstood that it was, but in any case I wrote the photo caption based on > what I understood to be true and accurate. I now know the chandelier in the > photo still exists and is not the destroyed one. I am very sorry for the > error. I will publish a correction in NCKRI’s 2012-2013 Annual Report, which > should be released in September or October. > > The one thing that remains true about the photo caption is that it is > important for NCKRI and others to collect and archive cave photos to preserve > them as historical and scientific records. I appreciate everyone’s support in > helping NCKRI achieve these and other goals. I also appreciate those cavers > who delicately informed me of the error, not wanting to cause hurt feelings. > Everyone at NCKRI works hard to do the best job possible, but we sometimes > make mistakes we don’t see. We welcome input that helps us fix those errors, > prevent mistakes in the future, and improve our operations in general. > > For anyone wanting to see this or NCKRI’s other annual reports and > publications, visit http://nckri.org/about_nckri/nckri_publications.htm. > > George > > *************************** > > George Veni, Ph.D. > Executive Director > National Cave and Karst Research Institute > 400-1 Cascades Avenue > Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA > Office: 575-887-5517 > Mobile: 210-863-5919 > Fax: 575-887-5523 > gv...@nckri.org > www.nckri.org > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET > > _______________________________________________ > SWR mailing list > s...@caver.net > http://lists.caver.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swr > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided free as a courtesy of CAVERNET
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