Silica sinter breccia field along the Imperial Meadows Trail in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
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Extensive silica sinter breccia field along the Imperial Meadows Trail in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park looking southwest towards Twin Buttes. The inset image shows a place where a passing hiker’s footstep brushed away the white surface sinter, revealing bright green phototrophic microorganisms underneath (boot toe for scale). Photo by Jeff Having, University of Minnesota, in August 2022.
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Public Domain.