hot spring travertine dams by Don

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19-Oct-2014

hot spring travertine dams

Water bubbles out of the earth at 68dC. The pond walls are travertine, a dense limestone formed by precipitation of calcium carbonate from the hot water.

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Zoltán Balogh		03-Apr-2017 08:39
How intriguing! V

Franca Blom		02-Sep-2015 16:11
A very interesting area. Beautiful picture! V+

Alexander Kazakov		25-Aug-2015 17:02
Very interesting shot! V

lautla		17-Aug-2015 19:15
Very nice shot !

Ika Zinka Eferl		30-Oct-2014 22:04
Beautiful colors! Fine photography! V

Gill Kopy		28-Oct-2014 00:55
Wow - that's hot water and the grass grows ! A very beautiful image V

larose forest photos		27-Oct-2014 21:59
Riveting image, even more so when coupled with the interesting text. V

rdavisphotos		27-Oct-2014 15:33
Nice shot of an interesting geological phenomena. Is the travertine normally black?

joseantonio		27-Oct-2014 13:12
A lovely place nicely captured.V.

Jim Coffman		27-Oct-2014 12:53
A very fine image,Don! I don't know how vegetation grows at such temperatures!

Terry Sprague		27-Oct-2014 11:53
How beautiful. V

Zeeby		27-Oct-2014 11:08
An amazing place superbly captured! V+

Yvonne		27-Oct-2014 10:54
Amazes me how the grasses survive in water of that temperature... I've seen this also in springs up in the Marree area SA. v

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