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Description from Daily Overview


4°31′30″N 110°50′17″W


Yellowstone National Park was established on March 1, 1872. At the Grand Prismatic Spring, visitors can get a close-up view on a series of elevated boardwalks. The hot spring gets its vivid color from pigmented bacteria that grow around the edge of the mineral-rich water.


Daily Overview / Satellite imagery courtesy of Digital Globe / Benjamin Grant

Grand Prismatic Spring

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