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  • Stalagmites rise up around the lovers like crystal towers from the floor of the cave.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • Stalagmites rise up around the lovers like crystal towers from the floor of the cave.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • Some possibilities: The Grand Tetons, Stalactites and Stalagmites, doggy droppings, Abe Vigoda, et al.

    They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Haa! Jen 2009

  • Stalactites and Stalagmites were my new favorite words.

    Science, Education & Society: Why Did I Become a Scientist? The Urban Scientist 2008

  • Stalagmites rose out of the depths like sub-sea volcanic vents, some of them joining stalactites to form continuous columns like the pillars of some great cathedral.

    Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

  • Stalagmites rose out of the depths like sub-sea volcanic vents, some of them joining stalactites to form continuous columns like the pillars of some great cathedral.

    Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

  • Stalagmites reared up from the base of the cave in clusters, overlying caves and grottoes.

    Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

  • Stalagmites reared up from the base of the cave in clusters, overlying caves and grottoes.

    Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

  • Stalagmites “might reach the ceiling” of the cave and form a column.

    stalactites 2002

  • Stalagmites thrust up out of the cavern floor to meet them, like teeth in a gaping mouth.

    Into the Labyrinth Hickman, Tracy 1993

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