Yellowstone’s Grand Prismatic Spring is one of the most beautiful natural spots in the United States (our gorgeous featured image is by YellowstoneNPS).
It’s a staggering sight, not least because of its scale. Measuring an incredible 370 feet in diameter, and over 121 feet deep (you’ll have to take our word for it, this hot spring isn’t the kind where you can take a dip), only two other springs on earth are larger – Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand and Boiling Lake in Dominica.
Next, you’re struck by the vast amount of water that constantly evaporates from it. Scientists estimate the geothermal feature expels 560 gallons a minute!
But for us, the thing that makes the Prismatic Spring worth the visit in person, is the spectacular contrast of colour between the deep blue water pool, the rainbow spectrum of thermophilic bacteria that envelopes it, and vast frame of off-white mineral deposits that dominate the surrounding area.
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