[Nmcaver] Glass commercial cave elevators

[DONALD G. DAVIS]

>The last time I was at Carlsbad Caverns, the elevators had glass windows
>that allowed you to see the shaft walls.  During part of the trip, they
>turned off the elevator car interior lights so you could see the walls going
>by as illuminated by exterior lights on the car.  I don't think the view
>bothered anyone - people just watched quietly as the cave zipped by.
>
>Regards,
>
>John

	Interesting.  I don't think they had windows last time I was 
there some years ago, and they definitely didn't turn off the lights.  
That's perhaps as good an approximation of a glass elevator as the 
probable incidence of visitor vertigo would permit.

							--Donald Davis