#stalactites

[withdreamsofhereafter]

Wedding in Buchan Caves, Gippsland, Australia. 14 April 1930

[foldingfittedsheets]

There’s nothing that can get my brain to officially log the difference between stalagmite and stalactite. Every time I’m offered a mnemonic on the subject it slips gracefully out the other ear and I frankly just don’t care.

So when our DM tried to set an ambush during a cave fight with ropers, some clinging to the ceiling and others on floor I just said, “I cast Shape Earth on the ones hanging on the ceiling stalags.”

There was a brief pause as everyone processed this.

“Do you mean the stalactites?”

“Yeah, whichever. Mites, tites, they’re all stalags to me.

The party found this hilarious and “stalags” has been used ubiquitously since then.

“The cave you enter is full of stalags,” is a real sentence I got my DM to say and I’m so proud and relieved to stop pretending to care about geology terms.

[geologyin-blog]

Sparkling druzy malachite in a striking stalactite formation.

Photo by: Bobby_nature_minerals

[nostosphotography]

Texas Cave Trail (2026) Cave Without a Name

[cherry-pickeddd]

Estalactitas y estalagmitas a punto de tocarse después de miles de años.

[howellfotography]

The Underworld

[balkanparamo]

Stalagmites and Stalactites: A Homage to Galo Ocampo

Migo Kamandag

[filmap]

The Phantom of the Opera Dario Argento. 1998

Caves Grotte di Pertosa, Località Muraglione, 18/20, 84030 Pertosa SA, Italy See in map

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