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Highway 89 winding through Silver Gate in Yellowstone National Park

Detailed Description

A few miles south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Highway 89 winds through the white/gray jumble of rocks known as the Hoodoos, or Silver Gate, that formed when travertine from Terrace Mountain collapsed in a landslide.

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Public Domain.