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Jackson Blue

Jackson Blue is the head spring and cave system that feed Merritts Mill Pond in Marianna FL. It is an extensive system filled with interesting limestone and clay formations, many fossiles and some unique fresh water marine life. Our team of divers descended on the system over Presidents Day weekend, February 2008 for some great cave diving and rebreather training.

All Images © Andrew Donn 2007-2008, All Rights Reserved. All images captured from video.

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Spring Run

Spring Run

Grass grows in the cyrstal clear water of the spring run coming from Jackson Blue.

Entrance

Ready

My buddies and I get ready to go on our dive as a class of rebreather divers trains in the head spring.

Jacob

Cavern

Jakub from Golem Gear explores the cavern as we begin our dive into the cave.

Cavern

Cavern

Our team enters the cave system. Sunlight from the surface illuminates the cavern entrance.

Hall

Hall

Our team explores the Hall of the Mountain King at a penetration of approximatly 2000 feet as we prepare to make our first jump.

Hall

King Canyon Top

This shot looks down from the top of King Canyon, a vertical drop of over 50 feet.

Hall

King Canyon Bottom

Divers lights light up the bottom of the Canyon as we continue to make our descent.

Hall

Upper Route

Our team explores a protion of passage called the Upper Route as we continue into the cave along the main line.

Hall

Cork Screw

From the top of the upper route, Ted Green of the OC Diver makes his way down the cork screw on his KISS rebreather.

Hall

Cork Screw

Mark Nix follows on his Hammerhead Rebreather to the bottom of the cork screw.

Hall

Stop Light

At a penetration of 2200 feet our team reaches the stop light placed on a rock in the cave.

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