[Part 2 of 2] This peek at Palette Spring has some of the same travertine terraces as the vertical view, but also, different ones to either side. The spring has its name for a good reason: many tones on the color scale inhabit the deposits, created both by other minerals besides the dominant calcium carbonate, and by algae and bacteria living in (and spilling out from) the thermal pools. Hot-water seeps a few hundred yards away, with fewer non-calcium mineral impurities, lay down brilliant white deposits holding pools of blue spring water. [Back to Part 1]
Yellowstone National Park WY (16 Sep 13) Looking SW
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