Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hotsprings, WY. I titled this one “Liquid Snow” [1333×2000] [OC]
Picture found by the Ditpub “Beautiful World” searcher.
Original was/is available from http://i.imgur.com/0E80Qay.jpg
Some learning, selected for this occasion 🙂
Travertine is a form of limestone deposited by mineral springs, especially hot springs. Travertine often has a fibrous or concentric appearance and exists in white, tan, cream-colored, and even rusty varieties.
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, proboscideans commonly equipped with long, curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair.
A hot spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater that rises from the Earth’s crust.
Nobility is a social class, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than most other classes in a society, membership thereof typically being hereditary.
Published by DitPub on 2016-01-04 5:25:30, under the category “Beautiful World”
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