Mammoth Springs landscape, Yellowstone, lava flow. Wyoming. Showing vast landscape with solidified travertine and algae.
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Connie Fitzgerald / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3459 x 2859 px | 29.3 x 24.2 cm | 11.5 x 9.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
13 July 2016Location:
Mammoth Springs, Yellowstone, WyomingMore information:
Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Because of the huge amount of geothermal vents, travertine flourishes. Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas.