The foggy river of life
Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. Algae are the dominant life forms in emerald-green mats and contain chlorophyll. Red-brown mats contain bacteria and archaea that help build the mats by metabolizing and depositing iron.
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- North America (751)
- Northern America (588)
- United States of America (391)
- Exact location (-110.7052 W, 44.7251 N)
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Taken on 28
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2019
Submitted on 11 February 2020
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
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Nikita Churilin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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