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Posted on 08/16/2026 11:04:32 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The Milky Way was not created by an evaporating lake. The colorful pool of water, about 10 meters across, is known as Silex Spring and is located in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA. Illuminated artificially, the colors are caused by layers of bacteria that grow in the hot spring. Steam rises off the spring, heated by underground magma associated with the Yellowstone Hotspot. Unrelated and far in the distance, the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy arches high overhead, a band lit by billions of stars. The picture features a 16-image panorama taken in 2014. If the Yellowstone Hotspot causes another supervolcanic eruption as it did about 640,000 years ago, a large part of North America would be affected.
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Neato!
WOW! If it’s clear, I can see the Milky Way from my front porch in the late summer months.
But it’s certainly NOT like this! Again, WOW! :)
Nope. Milky Way Dark. Accept no substitutes. If I’m going to have to burn an extra 300 calories in a day, I am going to make it worth it! ;)
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Wow.
Nice!
NICE! I remember that Pool. I spent my 17th summer working in West Yellowstone.
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