Those stalactites that appear to be going diagonal are helictites, Mitchell Caverns, Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, Mojave National Preserve, CA, 11/14/2008
"I am in love with this world. I have nestled lovingly in it. I have climbed its mountains, roamed its forests, sailed its waters, crossed its deserts, felt the sting of its frosts, the oppression of its heats, the drench of its rains, the fury of its winds, and always have beauty and joy waited upon my goings and comings."
--John Burroughs