Color Me Grand
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Color Me Grand
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and the third largest in the world after Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand and Boiling Lake in Dominica. It is located in the Midway Geyser Basin.
Grand Prismatic Spring was noted by geologists working in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, and named by them for its striking coloration. Its colors match the rainbow dispersion of white light by an optical prism: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue.
The vivid colors in the spring are the result of pigmented bacteria in the microbial mats that grow around the edges of the mineral-rich water. The bacteria produce colors ranging from green to red; the amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids and on the temperature of the water which favors one bacterium over another. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green.
The spring is approximately 250 by 300 feet (80 by 90 m) in size and is 160 feet (50 m) deep.
Yellowstone National Park is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site - Ref: 28
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