I visited the Waitomo Glowworm Caves. After wending our way through stalagtites and stalagmites — some ancient, some forming before our very eyes — we boarded a small boat and our guide used a series of overhanging ropes to pull us into the glowworm cave.
We gazed up in silent awe.
It looked like a galaxy of blueish stars. But, unlike the sky, the contours of the cave ceiling gave depth and sense of motion to the “stars”, more like the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland.