Yellowstone Rainbow Prismatic Spring
One of the many different kinds (four) of geological features in Yellowstone, due the volcano underground, is a spring. This super heated water bubbles up to the surface. Within these rings live different organisms, including cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis. Blue is the hottest, so the true deep blue areas are the hottest.
I have seen many images of this spring, most taken from the hill to the south of the spring. I wanted to go for something different. The South view is classic and shows other springs in the distance. Cool, yes. But the boardwalk gets lost. I think the man made features (boardwalk) are interesting too. Man's interaction with this spring is also historic. So my buddy Tom and I scrambled up the opposite hillside, the North hillside. Using a 600MM lens I grabbed this image. This is actually a series of 6 images, stitched together. More on this adventure in another post, many more to come...
Read more: www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/science-behind-yellowstones...
Yellowstone Rainbow Prismatic Spring
One of the many different kinds (four) of geological features in Yellowstone, due the volcano underground, is a spring. This super heated water bubbles up to the surface. Within these rings live different organisms, including cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis. Blue is the hottest, so the true deep blue areas are the hottest.
I have seen many images of this spring, most taken from the hill to the south of the spring. I wanted to go for something different. The South view is classic and shows other springs in the distance. Cool, yes. But the boardwalk gets lost. I think the man made features (boardwalk) are interesting too. Man's interaction with this spring is also historic. So my buddy Tom and I scrambled up the opposite hillside, the North hillside. Using a 600MM lens I grabbed this image. This is actually a series of 6 images, stitched together. More on this adventure in another post, many more to come...
Read more: www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/science-behind-yellowstones...