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A plethora of tones, textures and shapes - the Mammoth Springs site in Yellowstone Wyoming, USA.
It was formed by drying calcium deposits (carbonate) with wonderful crystal like glisten.
(Never saw any Wooly Mammoths . but Happy Mammoth Monday!)
Mammoth Springs in Yellowstone NP -its was a good cool morning so the chemical reactions and heat were steaming away. To me this site has a wonderful mysterious appeal!
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming." Mineral-laden hot water from deep beneath the Earth's crust finds its way to the surface and builds tier upon tier of cascading, terraced stone. Begun thousands of years ago, the sculpting of the terraces continues as thousands of gallons of water well up and deposit large amounts of travertine daily." (info from Yellowstone National Park guide to the parks).
I captured this image looking East across Crowley Lake to White Mountain Peak on the right and Mt. Dubois on the left just outside Mammoth CA.
created for TMI's challenge: "I am blue"
At Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, bluish-white or bluish-gray rock formations and pools are created when hot underground water dissolves calcium carbonate from deep limestone layers.
When the water reaches the surface, cooling and gas release cause the minerals to precipitate into white travertine, while the deep, clear water reflecting the sky gives certain active pools a striking blue
We're about to climb The Tower, 169 steps back up to the main level. I was exhausted at the top! HFF!
Yellowstone National Park is filled with otherworldly views; this is Mammoth Hot Springs with its travertine terraces, underwater formations, thermophiles, dead trees and reflections.
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© Melissa Post 2018
Oh, the wonderous colors of the travertine (actually the micoorganisms that grow on the rocks in the varied temperatures of the hot springs). Makes for some spectacular photos against a deep blue sky. One wonders where the steam ends and the clouds begin. Looking close you can see the water pouring down. Oh yes, this is Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park.
Four knights encounter a terrible monster they thought belonged only to the past!
But the monstrous mammoth is not alone. The knights appear to have trod accidentally into an ancient ice kingdom almost frozen in time, a kingdom of the East, determined to protect itself from outsiders. Who will immerge from the encounter victorious? And whose bones will remain in the blizzard, to be lost forever to the snow, the wind, and the ice...
Hey guys, this is my entry to Brickscalibur's Monstrous Encounter category, which I collaborated a little with my sister on. Hope you like it :) .
Always wanted to build a mammoth. This one was made for New Elementary's Bionicle Parts Festival. The seed part was the rahkshi back.
More on the blog.
Mammoth Lakes Basin, Cold Water Creek.
Emerald Lake is an easy 1.5-mile trail that starts out of the Coldwater Creek Campground and is an out-and-back type trail.
The Mammoth pools were in the devastating Creek Fire in September of 2020. I was amazed at how scarred this entire area was from the fire, 45,500 acres burned. The good news is I did see new growth sprouting up out of the land. There are several campgrounds around this reservoir. The fire was so fast that many campers were not able to evacuate ending up waiting for help by going into the water to avoid the fire. 224 campers were rescued by helicopter and taken to safety.
this thing is actually bright yellow and almost cheerful in appearance, sometimes I can' t help myself.... Happy Truck Thursday!
One of the starker areas of the constantly changing landscape at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park.
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© Melissa Post 2018
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
Rhodesia Railways 270 (RB2110), AEC Mammoth Major Mk V with locally built body.
AEC neg 18731.
Neil F.
In my childhood I wanted to become an archeologist, to find ancient pyramids and bones of dinosaurs. Not everything is ready to come true, but now I travel a lot, and Sometime visited places that take me to childhood, and make my heart beat harder. Someday, I will definitely go on an expedition to find mammoths, dinosaurs or ancient pyramids. On this photo - a wonderful archaeological park, Khanty-Mansiysk,Russia
A brand new Cinematic Dialogue video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAl3XrgPLFQ oh and some old skool editing xD