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hydrothermal vent

Seen in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

 

The colours are not due to the mineral deposits, but to extremophile bacteria that manage to survive in the hot water.

 

Yellowstone National Park sits atop the magma chamber of a huge supervolcano.

 

Camera: Leicaflex SL2 (Leica ID 10022), made in 1975

Lens: Leica Summicron-R-II 50mm (11216), made in 1978, with polarising filter

Kodak Portra 400 professional grade colour negative film, exposed at ISO 200

Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de

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Uploaded on October 8, 2025