Detail showing mineral deposition and thermophilic cyanobacteria and algae, Orange Spring Mound.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07285
Detail showing mineral deposition and thermophilic cyanobacteria and algae, Orange Spring Mound.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07286
Detail showing mineral deposition and thermophilic cyanobacteria and algae, Orange Spring Mound.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07287
Detail showing mineral deposition and thermophilic cyanobacteria and algae, Orange Spring Mound.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07288
A sign warns Yellowstone visitors to beware of geysers, hot springs and superheated pools. Occasionally, park visitors are injured or killed falling into these dangerous geothermal features.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07301
Emerald Pools vibrant colors are caused by themophilic (heat-loving) cyanobacteria and algae. As the temperature of the pool decreases towards its edges, the colors tend to oranges and yellow. Black Sand Basin.
Location: Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07302
Rainbow Pool, a broad (50 foot diam) heated pool in Black Sand Basin, will rarely erupt. Usually it is calm and mildly overflowing, allowing colorful thermophilic cyanobacteria and algae to grow around its edges.
Location: Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07303
The Artist Paint Pots area of Yellowstone National Park holds steaming pools, mud pots (roiling mud mixed with sulfuric acid and steam) and paint pots (mud pots colored with dissolved minerals).
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07304
The Artist Paint Pots area of Yellowstone National Park holds steaming pools, mud pots (roiling mud mixed with sulfuric acid and steam) and paint pots (mud pots colored with dissolved minerals).
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07305
The Artist Paint Pots area of Yellowstone National Park holds steaming pools, mud pots (roiling mud mixed with sulfuric acid and steam) and paint pots (mud pots colored with dissolved minerals).
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07306
The Artist Paint Pots area of Yellowstone National Park holds steaming pools, mud pots (roiling mud mixed with sulfuric acid and steam) and paint pots (mud pots colored with dissolved minerals).
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07307
Dragons Mouth hot spring is a hot spring fronted by a pool churned by steam, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide vapors roiling up through the pool formed in the springs cavernous mouth. Mud Volcano area.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07311