Showing posts with label Mammoth Hot Springs. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Mineral Deposits, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone

Morgan Potter, a long-time friend, liked this shot of mine. I took it at Yellowstone's Mammoth Hot Springs in the summer of 1994.

Travertine is sedimentary rock formed by precipitation of carbonate minerals from geothermally heated hot springs.

Yes, I had to look that up.