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Carlsbad Caverns’ Big Room, an underground chamber large enough to hold six football fields, was carved when the water table — containing sulfuric acid — fell.

( Vani Rangachar / LAT )

Carlsbad Caverns’ Big Room, an underground chamber large enough to hold six football fields, was carved when the water table — containing sulfuric acid — fell.

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