Gallery

Streamway in Rako Barzala, Magartu, Ethiopia, Africa (Photographer Bernard Lips)

Grotte de Pousselieres, Huat-Languedoc, France. (Photographer: Chris Howes)

Christoph Spötl and Gina Moseley collect sample of sediment from a cave in Greenland (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

‘The Balcony’ looking out in to Alum Pot, Yorkshire Dales, UK. (Photographer: Mark Burkey)

Dave Appleing in the main passage of Omongongo Pot, Kaokoland, Namibia, Africa(Photographer Mark Tringham)

The top of giant stalagmite in Doline 1 with Doline 2 1km away in background Hang Son Doong, Vietnam (Photographer: Ryan Deboodt)

Myotis pilosus, Rickett’s big-footed bat. Taken during species analysis in Krem Phlang Karun, Northern India (Photographer: Mark Burkey)

Hauling Dive Gear To Sump 2 Along Main Stream Passage. Izor Licanke, Croatia. (Photographer: Mark Burkey)

Asfawossan Asrat in the chamber at the end of Goda Mea, Mechara, Ethiopia, Africa (Photographer John Gunn)

Madphil gazing at the impressive formations in Topdog, San Wan Dong, Houping, Wulong, Chongqing,China (Photographer: Josh Bratchley)

Preparing diving equipment on a platform above the first underwater tunnel 840m below the surface,San Agustin, Mexico (Photographer Jarvist Moore Frost)

Gaping Gill Main Chamber, Yorkshire Dales, UK. (Photographer: Dave Ryall)

Hayley Clark admiring Manjangul Lava Tube, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea (Photographer: Ed Waters)

Chris Blakeley, Mark Wright and Gina Moseley look at a note left in a cave in Greenland in 1960 by the original explorers (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

The porter team leaving Hang En in the distance, Vietnam (Photographer: Ryan Deboodt)

Waterfall Shadow, OFD, South Wales, UK. (Photographer: Rob Eavis)

Corinne Arnold collecting a sample of biofilm for microbiological analysis from Cromford Sough, Derbyshire, UK (Photographer: John Gunn)

Pristine formations in “Where Are All the Spiders?” chamber in Cueva Risco, Matienzo Spain. (Photographer: Paul Dold)

Diane Athurs in a remote grotto in Torca la Vaca, Matienzo Spain. (Photographer: Tom Howard)

Dr. Gina Moseley works on the mass spectrometer dating samples of stalagmites at the University of Minnesota (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Boxhead Pot, Leck Fell, Yorkshire Dales, UK. (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Greg Brock decending Ammonite Shaft,Sima Pumacocha, Peru (Photographer: Martin Holroyd)

Perfect tube cutting through beds of limestone Hang Son Doong, Vietnam (Photographer: Ryan Deboodt)

Sunbeams in Hang En, Vietnam (Photographer: Ryan Deboodt)

Sir Francis Level, Swaldale, England, UK. (Photographer: Mark Shinwell)

Sunbeams in Doline 1 Hang Son Doong, Vietnam. (Photographer: Ryan Deboodt)

Difeng (entrance shaft 220m), Sichuan Province, China. (Photographer: Gavin Newman)

Titan, Peak District, UK. (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Whiterock, Mulu, Borneo, Malaysia. (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Bakerloo Straight, Dan Yr Ogof, South Wales, UK. (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Approaching cave monitoring site, Ragged Staff Cave, Gibraltar (Photographer Tim Atkinson)

John Whiteley floating in the entrance to Garfish Cave, Berry Head, Torbay, Devon, UK(Photographer: Pete Glanville)

The Bush, Where the sun don’t shine, Daren Cilau, South Wales, UK. (Photographer: Mark ‘ Gonzo’ Lumley)

The base of the 500m shaft in Miao Keng, Tian Xing, Wulong, Chongqing, China. (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

John Middleton in the main streamway of Lancaster Hole, part of the Three Counties Cave System in the Yorkshire Dales karst (Photographer: Tony Waltham)

Cave Pearls in Pearslian Gulf, Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, USA. (Photographer: Gavin Newman)

Chris Blakeley and Gina Moseley collect samples of bone and feather from a cave in Greenland (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Cat Hulse and Luke Cafferty look at the worlds longest straw Wonder Cave, Mulu,Borneo,Malaysia (Photographer: Jeff Wade)

Dr Gina Moseley collects samples of sediment from cricket muds in Racer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Climbing up to first doline with camp in background 500m away Hang Son Doong, Vietnam. (Photographer: Ryan Deboodt)

Tim Allen, Joe Giblin, Geoff Yeadon and Geoff Crossley about to descend a pitch in Perilous Pot on Leck Fell, Yorkshire Dales, UK. (Photographer: Frank Pearson)

Nick Sharp searching for Porrhomma rosenhaueri in Ogof y Ci, Wales,UK (Photographer: Julian Carter)

Formations towards the end of Hang Son Doong. (Photographer: John Spies)

Surveying for surface-to-cave water tracing, Gibraltar (Photographer: Tim Atkinson)

Thach Sinh Linh Dong, Quang Binh province, Vietnam (Photographer: Alan Jackson)

Devils Eye Spring, Ginnie Springs, Florida, USA. (Photographer: Gavin Newman)

Pearslian Gulf, Lechuguilla Cave, New Mexico, USA. (Photographer: Gavin Newman)

Temperature measurements are taken in the back of a cave in Greenland (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Alum Pot, Yorkshire Dales. UK. (Photographer: Mark Burkey)

Down stream main Streamway Krem sakwa, Megalaya, India (Photographer: Mark Burkey)

Grand Cenote, System Tulum, Mexico. (Photographer: Gavin Newman)

Hayley Clark sitting next to a lava plunge pool in Kazamura Cave, Hawaii (Photographer: Ed Waters)

Soureces de la Douch, Haut-Languedoc, France. (Photographer: Chris Howes)

Chris Blakeley admires hoar frost in the Crystal Palace, Greenland (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Charles Waldack – Pioneer cave photographers experimented with any light source they could find, as here in 1866 by burning magnesium that produced clouds of fumes. (Photographer: Charles Waldack)

Dr Gina Moseley weighs samples of calcite for dating in the clean lab at the University of Bristol (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Grotte de Gournier Streamway, Vercors, France. (Photographer: Stuart Gardiner)

Krem Liat Prah, Meghalaya, India. (Photographer: Hugh Penney)

Ashley Hiscock & Rick van dijk in the first sump pool during the 2017 expedition to push the far reaches of Izor Licanke, Croatia. (Photographer: Mark Burkey)

The Tube, Peak Cavern, Peak District, England, UK. (Photographer: Rob Eavis)

Straw Grotto, Upper Travertine passage, Ogof Craig a Ffynnon. South Wales (Photographer: Mark Burkey)

Diane Arthurs and Simon Cornhill squeezing through tight holes in Cueva Risco., Matienzo Spain. (Photographer: Paul Dold)

Modern cave photographers have a comparatively easy time of things, with purpose-made equipment and adapted light sources. Krem Sakwa in Meghalaya, India (Photographer: Chris Howes)

Valerie Middleton at the top entrance to Porcupine Cave, Mauritania, Africa (Photographer Tony Middleton)

Passage Near Hall of Thirty , Otter Hole, Forest of Dean, Wales, UK (Photogapher: Mark Burkey)

Jon Bevan in the newly discovered Pinocchio Pot, Gragareth., Yorkshire Dales, UK. (Photographer: Frank Pearson)

Aven es Pebres, Gard, France. (Photographer: Mark Shinwell)

Moel Fferna Bridge, North Wales, UK. (Photographer: Brendan Marris)

Deer Cave, Mulu, Borneo, Malaysia. (Photographer: Robbie Shone)

Boreham Cave, Yorkshire Dales, UK. (Photographer: Clive Westlake)