Sunset Lake - Hot And Colorful
by Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
Title
Sunset Lake - Hot And Colorful
Artist
Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Photography - Panorama
Description
Copyright: Christiane Schulze
Temperature 180F Dimensions 145x191 feet. Depth 23.5 feet. Sunset Lake is a shallow thermal pool with a soft sinter bottom and yellow and orange bacteria and algae edges. The pool discharges into Iron Creek, and overflows into Rainbow Pool creating a large microbial mat between the two thermal features. The 1959 earthquake triggered an eruption of Sunset Lake and the surge of hot water killed the bacteria and algae in the run-off channels. It has erupted only occasionally since 1959; during eruption it surges three feet high but may reach eight to ten feet. No known underground connection exists between Rainbow Pool or other Black Sand Basin thermal features.
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September 7th, 2015
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