![](http://www.alamy.com/thumbs/6/C7E761CC-CCFF-4252-BF77-F609122FB3EA/2DAY55R.jpg)
A caver rigging ropes to descend the gaping chasm of Eldon Hole, an open vertical cave near Castleton, Derbyshire.
Size: 3104px × 4672px
Location: Eldon Hole, cave between Castleton and Peak Forest, Derbyshire, UK
Photo credit: © Phil Wolstenholme / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: abseil, bedding, blasted, boulder, calcite, castleton, caves, caving, cavity, chamber, chasm, coral, crinoids, derbyshire, displacement, district, eldon, exploration, fault, fissure, flooded, fluvial, forest, fossils, fracture, gaping, grayson, hole, incision, infill, joint, lead, limestone, martyn, miners, mining, mud, peak, phreatic, pickwork, plane, pothole, reef, rock, sediment, solution, speleothem, stalactite, stalagmite, stemple, stone, streamway, submerged, sump, underground, vein