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So I normally only carry a few flights at work, but before coming in I was told some a section had gone out so I brought most my lights, to give to the folk on my tours so they could see, I ended up carrying 4.695 Lb of lights for the day, also my obsession with lights was justified for this one very specific circumstance.

List of lights in no particular order: HD02, HD02 pro, TD04, 2 S2+ (one copper one brass), 2 T3 (one UV), T4, S21E, Walmart laser/light thing, a 310nm UV, and a 255nm UV

I’m fairly sure what you are seeing here is what used to be the top of the rock, and if I’m right this section was tilted about 100° if anyone can confirm or deny that would be cool.

The reason I’m confident about it being the top is that this cave (Bristol Caverns) formed along bedding plains situated between an anticline and syncline and you can find parasitic folds in it (slide 3)

I got the HD02 pro yesterday and after playing around with it, I like it, it’s pretty much exactly as expected. I’m comparing it to the HD02 here.

Wing lights: I can see the rotating wings on the Pro being a god send, when I use this to take pictures trying to find a good angle to magnet the HD02 to something so it would light it was a pain, this will make it much easier. I can also see this rotating joint becoming big point of failure, we shall see.

Laser: the Pro versions laser is much weaker as you can see in picture 3, it’s still plenty bright and should work for what I need (pointing to things in a dimly lit cave) I am undecided if this is a pro or con yet.

UV: the uv light in the pro is slightly less powerful than the original but not by to much and I don’t use them from a distance and tend to use the low setting so for me this is no problem at all.

Main light: it’s hard to see from the picture but the beam seems to be more tightly focused and the color seems a bit better on this one (I have non of the testing equipment to get numbers on this, sorry).

Red light: it’s a red light, and it can get fairly bright so that’s cool.

Magnetic base: it’s still there, you can hold them both like a dual light sabre (weeeee)

Haptics: the switch and button are tighter than the original so that’s nice the wing lights have the same resistance on fold out, the rotating wings are smooth and have little resistance (this makes me wonder how they will fair over time, again we shall see)

The blue color is nice but I expect it to ware off like it does on all my lights because I go caving with them as well as pulling them out of my pocket and putting it back in constantly during the tours I give.

Let me know if you have any questions I’ll do my best to answer, though I haven’t used it much yet so I may wait a few days before answering so that I can give better information.

Edit: as of 5 minutes ago the right wing light will not come on, I have informed Wurkkos hopefully if it’s a constant issue they find a fix, I’ll keep yall updated.

In order: Tanzanite, Rutile, Rutile, Corundum(ruby), Corundum(sapphire), Tourmaline, Tourmaline

I took these with my phone and a 10x hand loupe.

So, like I said in the title ill have a poster on the color of speleothems, specifically looking at the links between metals and color (or lack thereof), as well as methods for using color photography in conjunction with pXRF tests. (I would be delighted to answer any questions y'all have about this)

However, I have a bit of a problem: I can't figure out how large the posters are going to be/how big I should make it. I don't have an email about it from AEG, and can't find anything on the AEG website, and advice would be appreciated (if no one knows ill go with 3ft by 4ft)

If anyone can point me to a database/library, good papers of books on the subject or just sharing anything you know would be appreciated, I’m a geologist and don’t know a lot of the biology terminology or good key words to search.

The video in Bristol Caverns a tour cave in eastern TN, this video is from a room with a small natural entrance however I have seen the same stuff in rooms in a cave called Worleys cave around 300 feet and 4 rooms from the entrance (in total darkness) as far as I have been able to find it is Actinomycetes but I could be wrong (again not a biologist) they fluoresce green, pink/purple and orange under 365nm UV if that helps.

Again any information or advice is appreciated!

Edit: please ignore the audio.

If anyone can point me to a database/library, good papers of books on the subject or just sharing anything you know would be appreciated, I’m a geologist and don’t know a lot of the biology terminology or good key words to search.

The photos you see are from a cave in eastern TN called Worleys cave taken this summer, they are around 300 feet and 4 rooms from the entrance (in total darkness) as far as I have been able to find it is Actinomycetes but I could be wrong (again not a biologist) they fluoresce green, pink/purple and orange under 365nm UV if that helps.

Again any information or advice is appreciated!

Have been looking at it for a while and decided to get it when my old one broke.

Poppy and peonies 15” computer bag
Pen gear planner stickers
Plastic two-pocket folder
JLab go sport plus earbuds
Eyelash curler
Wet n wild mother fluffer blush in the shade rose the roof
Tarte shape tape sample
Cheap makeup brush
L.A. Colors Gel Eyeliner in rose gold shimmer (the best eye highlight ever)
Rose lip balm
Burts bees sweet peach lip balm
Ulta face highlight stick
Burts bees lip gloss
Leatherman sidekick
Shipwrecked brass S2+ (convoy)
T3 (convoy) with led button
T3 365nm UV (convoy) with led button
iPad Pro m4 13”
Casupo Wallet
Leather journal
Planner
Small pouch
Native travel deodorant
Avocado hand cream
Lint roller
Scent decant sample of Gucci Bloom
Red hot mama pill container
13 paper mate flairs
5 sarasa pens
Pen gear gel highlighter
Paper mate ink joy pen in emerald green
Paper mate mechanical pencil (0.7mm)

I have this and would like to cite it (no, a cave is not a valid fallout shelter at all)

I am trying to find this book, but I only have this scanned page about the tour cave I work in. I think it might be Caves of Tennessee by Thomas C. Barr, but I'm not sure, and I can't find a digital copy or one online that is not ridiculously expensive. (red lines cover location)

Please let me know if there is a better place to look/ask.

I got these a month and a half ago, I used mink oil when I got them and will be waxing the threads along the soul when I get home.

The problem is the little spot in the middle where the glue has come in done (inside right foot) is this something that needs to be fixed urgently or no? Also is shoe glue a good idea for this spot?

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

So the non light up switch works fine in the shipwrecked light, but the light up one doesn’t work specifically in the the tail cap section.

I have swaped out the actual switches too and they both work in the normal one nether work in the tail section of the shipwrecked one, I have polished the inside so it shouldn’t be a contact issue but I can’t think of what else it would be.

I’ll add pictures of the inside of the shipwrecked tail cap in the comments

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Convoy S21E SST40 at 5000k, Wurkkos HD02, Wurkkos TD04, Convoy S2+ SST20 at 3000k

Then cave pearls lit with the s21e then s2+

Let me know if yall have any questions!

Ask anything to do with caves or speleology in general, I’ll answer as best I can and point to more resources too, any questions about karst works too but I may not know.

Photos: 1) soda straw. 2) cave bacon. 3) small fault. 4) odd colouration. 5) fluorescent calcite. 6) acicular aragonite. 7) parasitic fold. 8) more bacon. 9) shell. 10) cave salamander. 11) cave rafts. 12) rings in a broken stalagmite. 13-14) acicular aragonite and anthodites. 15) dissolution in action. 16) big fault. 17) cave shield.