Okay, so I've just bomb jumped my way up a huge section of Norfair, and I honestly don't remember ever having done that before. It's a secret area in the rightmost part of the map, going from the lowest portion of the map straight up to the highest portion.

I'm really curious as to what section this is, and what's its purpose, since I have no memory of it. Is this part of a sequence break? Was I supposed to do something else there other than bomb jump my way up?

Thanks in advance, Cecilia

I've uploaded a screenshot of said area as my profile picture. I'll be very grateful if anyone can help.

I believe that's the shortcut to Ridley. You come out at the top part after collecting Ice Beam, and you can use it to fall all the way down to the Cocoon fight before getting speed booster from Kraid.

Ohhh I see. So I actually went the other way around this. Thanks for the explanation :)