Coming out of the Lava Tube

The aboriginal people used to use the mouth of a cave for shelter but were wary of moving back into the actual tubes. I can see why - without decent lighting they would be extremely spooky and dangerous.
The light in this image is the light from the outside shining in through the collpased roof.

[tony gig]

Great light and shot...Fav

[Wylie]

Lovely but difficult shot

[Babs]

Really interesting shot. Must be quite an experience.

[ZambianLass]

Very pretty and lovely perspective

[Lesley]

Ooh awesome light and silhouettes.

[Diana]

Wonderful capture and silhouettes.

[sarah]

This is so cool

[Margaret Brown]

Super light and capture

[Jacqueline]

Love the light! Great capture Rob!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Good shot- even with lighting some caves still have a spooky and dangerous feel to them.

[Denise Wood]

Looks fascinating :)

[*lynn]

interesting capture ... I like it! fav

[Taffy]

Great the way you captured the contrast between the tubes and the lights beyond.

[Shutterbug]

Love the light and the silhouettes.

[Jane Pittenger]

Reminds me of the lava tube inHawaii

[Marnie]

I totally get why anyone would stay near the light. No way would I get right into a cave.

[Margo]

Exciting find. That was my whole reason to go on an outback trip to see these lava tubes!! Amazing

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful image. I would love to explore this.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Casablanca]

We are so used to electric light, the idea of a dark cave is terrifying. But of course before the electric light, caves were comforting places of shelter and warmth. Nice shot

[Fr1da]

Caves are so interesting !

[Rob Z]

@777margo How true Margo - we found them extraordinary. :)

[Rob Z]

@casablanca Hi Casablanca - I don't think these would have been very good for much of anything - they are huge, cold, damp and inhabited by bats. And they flood. Our tour guide told us that in the 2011 floods they couldn't run their normal cave tours - so they ran cave swimming sessions - people actually went swimming into the caves!! Very popular it was too! :)