Soon the walls and doorways recede and

v a n i s h,

then sight

of

the

out

ceiling

completely

is

out

lifts

too

completely

it is of

too

until

sight

"direction no longer matters."

Navidson stops and lights four magnesium flares which he throws as far as

he can to the

right and left.

Then he bikes down a hundred yards and lights four more flares.

After the third time, he turns around and

relying on a timed exposure photographs

the twelve flares.

The first image captures twelve holes of light.

In the second image, however, the flares seem much farther away.

By the third image, they appear only as streaks, indicating that either

Navidson

or

the

flares

are

m

0 v

1

n

g

However,

Navidson's comments on the microcassette recorder indicate his camera was firmly

fixed on the tripod.