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Yellowstone National Park
A unique kind of spring exists at Mammoth Hot Springs, located in the northwest section of the park. Hot water ascends through ancient limestone deposits. The result is a landscape of terraces sculpted by travertine limestone.
At Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone visitors will enjoy views of travertine limestone terraces. Flowing waters spill over the colorfully streaked Minerva Terraces, resulting in a gentle waterfall appearance.
Hot gases are stored underneath the surface. Water seeps down into the ground and meets with these gases. Some of the gases are readily dissolved in the hot water to form an acid solution. This hot and acidic solution dissolves great quantities of limestone as it works up through the rock to the surface. Once exposed to the air, some of the carbon dioxide escapes from the solution. As this happens, limestone no longer remains in solution and it is deposited, resulting in the terraces.
Mammoth Hot Springs deposits about two tons of travertine limestone (calcium carbonate) per day.
Source: Yellowstone National Park
My favorite falls in Hocking Hills raging after the snow melt and heavy rain. Glad to see the water breaking free again just in time for March and the Spring to come.
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A westbound Burlington Northern coal empty snakes through the Badlands past milepost 143 just west of Sully Springs, North Dakota, on a beautiful early summer day in 1994. EMD SD40-2 No. 7855 leads a pair of GE C30-7s as power.
One of the first flowers in the garden this year. I tried to shoot macro...I think the picture should be sharper, but I'm learning. Any suggestions on making this a better shot would be appreciated.
My latest mini experiment. This quilt was made using Kim's Diamonds Stattler pattern Chloe 1 on muslin. The design was then colored with crayolas and ironed to set the colors.
Sent to Miniaturequilter for STUD March 2010 Anything Goes.
Our Springer Spaniel after 10 minutes playing in a muddy pond. She absolutely loves getting dirty! Nikon D750 and 24-120mm lens.
Slowly but surely getting things created. I've blogged more about the tags at www.creativechaos.typepad.com
This is a man-made waterfall from what I can tell checking it out. Shot during the spring, I believe it is from overflow feeding out of the canal that parallels the Potomac River there near where the main falls are located at Great Falls, MD. Have been to this location many times now, and this is the only time I have seen water flowing here. If you hike along the Billy Goat Trail, you pass by the top of the falls, and in that area there is a pipe that is in the area feeding from the canal.
Man-made or not, I liked the waterfall there and feeding into the calm section of the Potomac River makes for a nice view.
Below in the comments is a recent shot of this same location in winter, under very low water flow conditions.
'I wish it were spring in the world.
Let it be spring!
Come, bubbling, surging tide of sap!
Come, rush of creation!'
D.H. Lawrence