Yellowstone preserves the largest collection of hydrothermal features on the planet. This amazing hot springs has been forming over thousands of years, dumping calcium carbonate in elaborate and beautiful terraces. This type of limestone is called travertine.
Très cool
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Sunday, 28 July 2013
Yellowstone: Grand Prismatic Spring
Grand Prismatic Spring one of the real natural wonders of the world and I'm so glad to have seen it. This is the third largest hot spring in the world with a diameter of 90 metres. It's up to 50 metres deep and 70 degrees Celsius. The centre of the spring is too hot to support life. The peripheries are home to pigmented thermophile bacteria and algae which give the spring its vivid colours.
We were there on a beautiful evening, which was the perfect time to see it. It was so beautiful it took my breath away.
We were there on a beautiful evening, which was the perfect time to see it. It was so beautiful it took my breath away.
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