I’ve never seen quite so many saturated, dramatic, and glorious colors in nature as I did in Yellowstone. Nor so much of it. For this you can thank thermophiles, organisms that thrive in high heat environments. And because their heat tolerances vary, there is different coloration in different heat zones. One stunning example of the variation, above, is Grand Prismatic Spring. At a distance, even its steam runs a rainbow spectrum.
Outfalls from springs can move into more mustard-toned spectrums as water cools.
Many pools where the underground passages are open and reach deep into the earth range from deep turquoise to shades of blue-green and emerald.
Closer views can be otherworldly..but then, so can the entire landscape. In places it can have the chalky lifelessness of a moonscape. And in others the land is alive with color and the vibrancy of active geology.
These are great photos. You certainly took advantage of these marvelous shades and hues. Lovely to look at!
Amazing place! You caught some fantastic coloring of the pools.
Stunning photos – amazing colors!!
The colours are breathtakingly beautiful!
Wow! It is amazing all the colors nature can produce. I am really enjoying this series on the hot springs.
Great colors! You could fill up a really good calendar with your photos from this trip.
so pretty!
what about the smell? or was there no bad smell? i do assume some of these creatures dont produce very nice perfumes….