Awesome Images from Yellowstone

puppie96 driving up their electric bill Member since November 2003 Posts: 2,773	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 25, 2006 2:05:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by puppie96 on Aug 25, 2006 2:05:20 GMT -5 All of these were taken in a backcountry thermal area.

Tweetiepy gets rocks for Christmas Always looking in the wrong places... Member since January 2005 Posts: 5,421	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 25, 2006 7:12:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tweetiepy on Aug 25, 2006 7:12:22 GMT -5 Those are kinda creepy, are they slimy or solidified? Nice colors Did you lick them? hehe
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BAZ driving up their electric bill Wintering in Azna, CA Member since December 2005 Posts: 2,212	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 25, 2006 9:13:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by BAZ on Aug 25, 2006 9:13:01 GMT -5 Divine artistry.
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Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 25, 2006 15:23:09 GMT -5

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Post by takilasunrise on Aug 25, 2006 15:23:09 GMT -5

The first couple of photos (light colored area) looks like the skin of a dinosaur! Just think, 500 hundred years from now our great, great, great, great, great, great grandchildren will go rock hunting/mining and find that stuff!

krazydiamond Global Moderator Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far. Member since June 2004 Posts: 9,636	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 25, 2006 15:52:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by krazydiamond on Aug 25, 2006 15:52:20 GMT -5 fantastic shots, puppie! KD
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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 25, 2006 18:41:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Aug 25, 2006 18:41:48 GMT -5 Nice pics Pup, that stuff is pretty amazing isn't it.
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rockyraccoon no longer being taken for granite Member since December 2003 Posts: 7,980	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 26, 2006 0:16:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 26, 2006 0:16:22 GMT -5 nature is so amazing. super pics puppie! kim

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Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 26, 2006 3:11:12 GMT -5

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Post by puppie96 on Aug 26, 2006 3:11:12 GMT -5

Joe took them. He got some great stuff. I'll post some more soon.
OK what this is: they obviously are all wet, they are hot springs. The stuff that looks like the dinosaur skin or something is the rock deposited by the springwater. Same process as cave formations. The colors come from bacteria that can grow in the different temperatures of water, which of course is cooling off as it moves away from the spring. That's why the rainbow look. It would be slimy but solid underneath if you touched it, which you aren't supposed to do. The last picture is a small geyser, or perpetual spouter is probably more accurate.

LCARS has started giving rock gifts Keep Rollin'! Member since September 2005 Posts: 3,839	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 28, 2006 2:05:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by LCARS on Aug 28, 2006 2:05:38 GMT -5 Man, those are just messed! It's like an alien world!! Nice. ;D
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Jack ( Yorkshire) has started giving rock gifts God created - I'M Investigating Member since November 2004 Posts: 3,076	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 28, 2006 3:50:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Aug 28, 2006 3:50:33 GMT -5 Great Photos (I thought they were some rock formation at first ), pity you cant send the smell also !!! and Heat !!!! Jack Yorkshire UK
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ladyt Guest	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 28, 2006 6:29:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ladyt on Aug 28, 2006 6:29:38 GMT -5 The 4th photo looks like a giant geode center! Way Cool! Tonja

stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Awesome Images from Yellowstone Aug 30, 2006 13:03:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Aug 30, 2006 13:03:07 GMT -5 Very cool- and Takila is right- well except for the time frame- More like a couple Million years!!!
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