Travertine Terraces
Lars Hoffmann
Jülich, Germany
The photography shows travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. Travertine is a form of limestone which is formed by a process of rapid precipitation of calcium carbonate. Over two tons of calcium carbonate was deposited each day on the terraces, gradually killing any vegetation that had managed to be growing before.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Lars Hoffmann (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.3 MB
Width
3072 px
Height
2304 px
Aspect
4:3
Brand
Canon Powershot
Model
A610
Exposure
6 mm f/4.5 1/1250 s ISO 74
Taken
12 August 2007
Tint
Moderate blue
Submitted
10 March 2011
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