Famed more for its setting than its food, Alux is in a cavern full of stalactites.

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Stalactites hang from the ceilings of the cave chambers, while stalagmites rise up from the ground to join them.

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M. has basked in the fame of nearby Carlsbad Caverns National Park, with its awesome underground stalactites and stalagmites.

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Overhung by a cliff face studded with giant stalactites, the water is illuminated by a narrow strip of sunlight overhead.

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Once inside visitors can see stalactites and stalagmites, as well as limestone.

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Data going back further than a century or two is derived from "proxy" indicators such as tree-rings and stalactites which, again, are subject to large errors.

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In the couple's mock-Tudor house in Scarsdale, New York, which they share with their three kids, stalactites of peeling paint droop down from the kitchen ceiling, and linoleum curls up from the floor.

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"The stalactites and stalagmites from these caves are a way of looking back in time to see how warm periods similar to our modern climate affect how far permafrost extends across Siberia, " said Dr Anton Vaks from the University of Oxford.

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