Travertine terraces with turquoise pools, Yellowstone National Park – Antique Print
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Travertine terraces with turquoise pools, Yellowstone National Park. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Travertine terraces with turquoise pools, Yellowstone National Park
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Stepped travertine terraces, with turquoise pools spilling over their rims, are the focus here, the kind of formation found at Mammoth Hot Springs in the park's north. The terraces build up slowly as hot spring water cools and drops its dissolved calcium carbonate, while heat-loving bacteria and algae tint the water in shades of blue, green, and orange. Yellowstone had become the nation's first national park in 1872, and by 1898 visitors were arriving in growing numbers to see such sights. The board groups this view with work by Jackson, Hayden, and Moran, whose names are tied to the 1871 federal survey that brought the park's wonders to wide public attention.
| Created / published | 1898 |
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| Original scan | 7,009 × 5,292 px · prints to 23 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 18051u Pulpit Terraces from above, Yellowstone National Park 1898 |
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