Intriguing artwork by heat-loving microbes
Julia Miloczki
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Vienna, Austria
The geothermal area Sol de Mañana is part of the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex shared between Bolivia and Chile. The area is characterized by volcanic activity and the sulphur springs host mud lakes and steam pools. The different colours stem from thermophilic, hyperthermophilic and acidophilic bacteria that colonize areas of varying temperatures.
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Julia Miloczki (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
9.5 MB
Width
3149 px
Height
2390 px
Aspect
3149:2390
Taken
February 2019
Tint
Dark purplish gray
Submitted
14 February 2020
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