Mammoth Hot Spring Main Terrace
by Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
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Mammoth Hot Spring Main Terrace
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Christiane Schulze Art And Photography
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Photograph - Photograph - Digital Photography
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Copyright: Christiane Schulze
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). Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas.
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January 20th, 2014
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