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Thermopolis, Wyoming

Beautiful formations of travertine, sulphur, and gypsum forming and building, as hot geothermal carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide gases dissolve rocks and minerals deep in the earth, then heated subterranean waters deposit those minerals on the surface.

 

This is part of the same geothermal system that powers the massive Yellowstone caldera.

 

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Uploaded on May 10, 2021
Taken on May 10, 2021