Bluish Yellowstone (Wyoming)
by Silvia Favaro, Università Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy
Microorganisms in Yellowstone need extremes to survive: super hot water and an acidic or basic environment. These microorganisms are called thermophiles and, when the water reaches circa 100°C, they usually build the white masses shown in the picture.
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- North America (751)
- Northern America (588)
- United States of America (391)
- Exact location (-110.5750 W, 44.4217 N)
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2000 × 3008 px;
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Nikon D70
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2017
Submitted on 4 October 2022
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Silvia Favaro (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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