In contrast to my previous, monochrome capture of a stark, grayscale inactive portion of the geothermal hotspings -here we have a very active & colorful wet formative area of them. The HOT, steaming water is both cascading & dripping over the colorful mineral deposits & their unbelievably variable shapes. There are cool blue-toned hues alongside of & mixed in with pink & warm hues! There are stalactite & stalagmite (like in caves!) shaped structures everywhere. And steamy hot, mineral rich waters are flowing over & dripping over nearly all of these colorful moist or obviously wet rock formations & outcroppings.

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I've DELIGHTED in wandering around, through & over numerous types of geological formations. Geothermal & hotspings are stunningly beautiful, intense & dramatic -wherever they are, all across our planet. (They are usually, almost always associated with volcanic, geologically active regions.) In color imaging it's glorious and dramatic with multiple hues crash & swirl around each other. But in monochromatic composition, you're equally entranced with the shapes, processes, contrasts & differentiation happening EVERYWHERE!!! -In this composition we're looking at -through a long, 400mm lens, at a place where the hot mineral water has moved onto other places. It has largely dried out, and has begun to breakdown & deteriorate. These places are interspersed among the active waters & deposits that are much more colorful. These such places are a wild array of largely a grayscale context of broken slabs, angles & stalactite & stalagmite (cave formations) type shapes. I can only describe this image as broken & breaking up mineral deposits that once were given shapes by cascading or drizzling hot, mineral water! It's a scene of haphazard decay, with TONS of shapes/angles & especially of great contrasts, and every shade of grey in between!

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Mammoth Hot Springs is a striking site. #Yellowstone, #MammothHotSprings

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A poto of the terraced Minerva Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs.

#Flow frozen and moving. At Mammoth Hot Springs, weather moves over the surface with new deposits cheating a still image of the dynamic flow #ECK #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #Yellowstone #YellowstoneNationalPark #MammothHotSprings #ClassicMono

A view across the lower terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs showing the orange color and devoid of plant life.

#Empty landscape at Mammoth Hot Springs lower terrace. #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #Yellowstone #YellowstoneNationalPark #MammothHotSprings

White travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs forming rounded, layered formations, with dark evergreen trees and blue sky in the background.

Layered travertine terraces rise like frozen waves at Mammoth Hot Springs, shaped by heat, minerals, and time. A landscape that feels alive even when it looks carved from stone. #Yellowstone #MammothHotSprings #Geology #LandscapePhotography #WoodSpriteRoadTrip

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Mammoth Hot Springs
Sculpted by water and heat, the travertine terraces (limestone deposits) at Mammoth are in a constant state of change. These layered pathways can fluctuate in weeks and even days.

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What a day. #Yellowstone, you did not disappoint. Just before entering I saw my first Elk, and took that to be a symbol of fortune. #MammothHotSprings were amazing, what with their morning haze.

#AndysUSAdventure

Lower Falls Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Copy and paste link https://kathi-isserman.pixels.com/featured/lower-falls-gc-kathi-isserman.html

Travertine at Mammoth Springs Copy and paste link https://kathi-isserman.pixels.com/featured/travertine-kathi-isserman.html

Yellowstone NP, Grand Canyon lower falls and travertine-Mammoth

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A look up at one of the hot springs at Mammoth. Clouds are in the sky, and one looks to b3 billowing out of the hotspring.

Clouds brewing over Mammoth Hot Springs! #weather #SensoryArt #EastCoastKin #MammothHotSprings #YellowstoneNationalPark #Yellowstone

Chill morning at Mammoth. This bull was hanging out across from the visitor center all morning. Very relaxed.

#Yellowstone #NationalParks #Elk #Wildlife #MammothHotSprings

🦬 National Parks Roadtrip Day 8 – Bison Herds, Mammoth Hot Springs & The Roosevelt Arch National Parks Road Trip Day 8

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Roadtrip Day 8 - Bison Herds, Mammoth Hot Springs & The Roosevelt Arch
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Travertine Steps at Yellowstone Copy and paste link https://kathi-isserman.pixels.com/featured/travertine-steps-at-yellowstone-kathi-isserman.html

Yellowstone Greats on a Friday afternoon

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A striking landscape features the brilliant, snow-white travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, a unique geothermal feature, under a clear blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds. The foreground is dominated by the cascading, layered mineral deposits, forming intricate, stepped pools and flows, with some dry brush visible in the lower left. In the midground and background, rolling hills and distant mountains, with varying shades of green, brown, and deep blue, frame the scene, emphasizing the dramatic contrast between the brilliant white formations and the surrounding natural landscape.

The snowy white Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

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Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone is an ancient natural wonder going back thousands of years https://kathi-isserman.pixels.com/featured/mammoth-hot-springs-kathi-isserman.html

More of spectacular Yellowstone National Park

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Color photo. Mammoth Hot Springs, in Yellowstone National Park. Tiers of mineral deposits, forming rough steps and ledges, rising up from the bottom of the frame. They are a sulfurous greenish yellow for the most part, with some brilliant white interspersed.

April 19 - 27 was National Parks Week in the US and I'd intended to post this then, but life kind of got away from me...

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3rd (& final) pic in today’s series

An early visitor described the travertine formations as "a frozen waterfall”, one of my favorite descriptions of these terraces

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2nd pic in today’s series

The colorful stripes in the travertine terraces are formed by thermophiles (heat-loving organisms).

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Mammoth Hot Springs is an extensive mass of travertine terraces that have been forming over thousands of years.

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Above the terraces

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Dead tree that resembles a sitting long-snouted animal Snow Evergreen trees and bushes

#MammothHotSprings terrace area at #YellowstoneNationalPark