October 30, 2023: Ape Cave (Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington)
fireweed seeds
pearly everlasting. gone to seed
mushrooms with narrow heads
lower entrance of Ape Cave
lava tube
The Meatball
colorful rock
The Railroad Tracks
fallen roof block
breakdown
big room
Adam
shiny bacteria
lava drips
lava fall
cave ripples
two-story lava tube
below The Skylight
The Skylight
shiny patterns on the ceiling
upper entrance of Ape Cave
cave marker 000
hair-cap moss
frosty vine maple leaf
strawberries on ice
lichen & melting snow
Canada jay (gray jay)
mushrooms & moss
pixie cup lichen & moss
parsley fern
fungus: yellow staghorn, or coral?
tiny yellow mushrooms
tiny orange mushrooms
small beige mushrooms
salal flowers
tiny white mushrooms
tiny lava cave
yellow/white mushrooms
mossy blocky lava flow
rim of Mount St. Helens
gray/beige mushrooms on a log
round-head mushroom
lower entrance of Ape Cave
rattlesnake plantain orchid leaves
Mount St. Helens

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