sábado, 6 de diciembre de 2014

Rainbow Pool, Yellowstone National Park


Rainbow Pool, Yellowstone National Park

Rainbow Pool, Yellowstone National Park

 

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



Fuente original: Rainbow Pool, Yellowstone National Park.