first application

This tree is on the edge of a mud pool, I don't think it has done it much good!

These seem to be a feature of the upper saltmarsh. Sea Purslane and Sea Lavender sprout out amongst the salt-tolerant grasses, and then there are these patches of mud: little ponds of increasingly saline water, after flooding by spring tides, turning to soft mud pools then hard and cracked pans paved with salt rimmed, crazy tiles.

Mashatu, Tuli Block, Botswana

Mudpool - Schlammbad

We are glad to know that Te Whakarewarewa Thermal Valley water and mudpools are well behaved.

NOTE: Look "wall-eyed" at the top pair or "cross-eyed" at the bottom pair to get a 3D image from the fused pictures. Another illustration.

Here's a helpful tip for viewing stereo pairs.

If you'd like to browse a bit, please enjoy a somewhat random sampling of my photos.

Bubbling mud

Real, live mud pools somewhere near the Waiotapu thermal wonderland in NZ.

Nga Ka Pwe Taung, Minbu

Hverir

Pics from a trip to Rotorua

Hverir

Indian rhinoceros: Sunanda

Taken on my recent holiday to New Zealand.

Taken from the bottom of the large cave (Aladdin's cave I believe it's called?) at Hidden Valley.

I loved this place, a wonderful geothermal park, full of geysers, thermal pools, mudpools and lots of stinky holes in the ground :)

lost in the steam

Hverir

Iceland 2019

Rotorua, New Zealand