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

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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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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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