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Yellowstone- Mammoth Hot Springs: Travertine Terrace at Palette Spring

CloseUp@PaletteSpring. Bottom of Devils Thumb is immediately behind it. Upon emerging from ground, the supersaturated alkaline flow precipitates carbonate as travertine as its pH increases (as a result of degassing of carbon dioxide in the solution).

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Uploaded on May 30, 2020
Taken on September 15, 2016