Joyce Lundberg at the top of the 50 meter drop to Charles Brewer Cave in the tepuis of Venezuela.
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I have spent very little time in Caracas, Venezuela, but here is a pic. 
Massive housing buildings in Caracas, Venezuela. I was there to get to some remote caves, but Caracas really did impress me.
A cool critter from Venezuela 
Tepuihyla edelcae A frog from the tepuis of venezuela
We were in some giant off-road vehicles, traveling across venezuela, but this little old bit of American iron caught our attention at a pit stop. Of note, it was running fine, while one of our big trucks blew a fan belt, which was why we were at this place in the big scheme of things.
On the tepui, we were landing helicopters with gear and people. A shot of Joyce Lundberg, a research leader, topside as the helicopters came in. 
Set up a photo here, and water was calm. While waiting for my flash holder and model, the water started to rise. Water rising in a cave is not a good thing for those in the cave. We bolted for the entrance and were glad we did, as the water continued to rise and we would have been dead or trapped had we not exited promptly. But I have almost no really good cave photos as this was my one opportunity. You make the call, dead, trapped or some awesome shots of people nearly dead or trapped in a cave flood. I made the call that we get the heck out of there, and the others agreed. So a picture of a stream passage in Charles Brewer Cave as the water was rising. Side note, it rose many feet after we got out of the cave. We made the right decision at the right time.
 This is a bizarre mix of formations coming off a giant breakdown block on the floor. There are formations coming off the breakdown block, with interesting detail, yet there is this large, unexplained white bit with a lot of formation growth on it as well. The ruler in the pic is six inches long for scale, but in general, still notes more research needs done on these caves to figure out the geology. These are silica formations, not calcite like in typical caves.  Lots of flora on the Tepui. This is the view from above looking over one of the many cliffs. 
Joyce Lundberg getting ready for a long drop on rope down to Charles Brewer Cave in the tepuis of Venezuela.
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