Mammoth Hot Springs
not going to win any Yellowstone beauty contests.
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| Yellowstone's Mammoth Hot Springs |
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| Wyoming, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mammoth Hot Springs may be Yellowstone's most unusual thermal formation. It looks like a cross between a glacier and a layered wedding cake, with hot running water thrown in. Let the geologists explain this one. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Mammoth Hot Springs have different names, but the Minerva Spring shown here is the largest and most dramatic. There are trails to other springs and views from the top, as presented in my video. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yellowstone also offers pools of boiling mud in another section of the park. This is the Mud Volcano, and it's not going to win any Yellowstone beauty contests. |
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| If you have a high speed internet connection, watch the Intrepid Berkeley Explorer's free streaming travel video of this trip, "Dances With National parks", that stars Yellowstone, by clicking on AdventurePics . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||