Thermophilic springs, Yellowstone National Park

For today's theme, three photos from Yellowstone National Park. What, you may ask, are thermophilic springs, and I would answer they are springs found in geothermally heated regions of the Earth, such as those in Yellowstone National Park and deep sea hydrothermal vents.

 

Thermophilic springs in Yellowstone National Park host diverse communities of heat-loving microbes (thermophiles) that create vibrant colours in the water and produce enzymes crucial for biotechnology and medicine, such as the famous Taq polymerase (but you already knew that bit 😄, so I won't go on about it.)

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