Dead trees embedded in calcium carbonate deposits in the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, near Minerva terrace . Over two tons of calcium carbonate (in solution) is deposited each day on the terraces, gradually killing any vegetation that had managed to be growing.
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19796
Dead trees embedded in calcium carbonate deposits in the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, near Minerva terrace . Over two tons of calcium carbonate (in solution) is deposited each day on the terraces, gradually killing any vegetation that had managed to be growing.
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19797
Dead trees embedded in calcium carbonate deposits in the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, near Minerva terrace . Over two tons of calcium carbonate (in solution) is deposited each day on the terraces, gradually killing any vegetation that had managed to be growing.
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19798
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07291
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07292
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07293
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07294
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07295
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07296
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07297
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07298
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07299
Yellowstones historic 1988 fires destroyed vast expanses of forest. Here scorched, dead stands of lodgepole pine stand testament to these fires, and to the renewal of these forests. Seedling and small lodgepole pines can be seen emerging between the dead trees, growing quickly on the nutrients left behind the fires. Southern Yellowstone National Park.
Species: Lodgepole pine tree, Pinus contortus
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07300
Red piranha, a fierce predatory freshwater fish native to South American rivers. Its reputation for deadly attacks is legend.
Species: Red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri
Image ID: 09816
Red piranha, a fierce predatory freshwater fish native to South American rivers. Its reputation for deadly attacks is legend.
Species: Red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri
Image ID: 09817
Red piranha, a fierce predatory freshwater fish native to South American rivers. Its reputation for deadly attacks is legend.
Species: Red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri
Image ID: 09818
Red piranha, a fierce predatory freshwater fish native to South American rivers. Its reputation for deadly attacks is legend.
Species: Red piranha, Pygocentrus nattereri
Image ID: 09819