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The temperature of that water is just barely cool enough to be habitable, at 165° F, but the bacteria prefer temperatures nearer to 149° F. Look at the first band outside of the middle-see that yellow color? That's thanks to a particular type of cyanobacteria, Synechococcus, that lives in that particular temperature band under extreme stressors. Within these rings live different organisms, including cyanobacteria, a type of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis. And it's the different types of bacteria that give the spring its prismatic colors. And these distinct temperature rings are key, because each ring creates a very different environment inhabited by different types of bacteria. Because there's very little living in the center of the pool, the water looks extremely clear, and has a beautiful, deep-blue color (thanks to the scattering of blue wavelengths-the same reason oceans and lakes appear blue to the naked eye). But as the water spreads out and cools, it creates concentric circles of varying temperatures-like a stacking matryoshka doll, if each doll signified a different temperature. Water at the center of the spring, which bubbles up 121 feet from underground chambers, can reach temperatures around 189 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it too hot to sustain most life (some life does manage to exist, but its limited to organisms that feed off of inorganic chemicals like hyrdogen gas). In the Grand Prismatic Spring, this constant cycle creates rings of distinct temperatures around the center: very, very hot water bubbles up from the middle and gradually cools as it spreads out across the spring's massive surface (370 feet across). Unlike geysers, which have obstructions near the surface (hence their eruptions), water from hot springs flows unobstructed, creating a nonstop cycle of hot water rising, cooling and falling. Hot springs form when heated water emerges through cracks in the Earth's surface. Life becomes a privilege and a blessing after one has seen and thoroughly felt these incomparable types of nature's cunning skill.īut what causes the hot spring's magnificent coloration? It's all thanks to the heat-loving bacteria that call the spring home. Nothing ever conceived by human art could equal the peculiar vividness and delicacy of color of these remarkable prismatic springs. The expedition's leader, Ferdinand Hayden, wrote: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States of America.ĭon't adjust your color settings-the Grand Prismatic Spring really is rainbow colored, following the spectrum of white light through a prism (red to blue). The spring was first officially described, and named, by the Hayden Expedition in 1871, which was the first federally-funded exploration of what became Yellowstone. Grand Prismatic Spring from high viewpoint. Consultado el 14 de septiembre de 2005.It's not hard to find natural wonders within Yellowstone National Park, but the park's largest hot spring might be the most remarkable, and not just for its size: dubbed the Grand Prismatic Spring, the hot spring radiates extremely hot water -and stunning prismatic color-from its center. Archivado desde el original el 13 de diciembre de 2004. Yellowstone National Park: Its Exploration and Establishment. ↑ «Part II: Definitive Knowledge - The Washburn Party (1870)». Archivado desde el original el 8 de febrero de 2006.
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Archivado desde el original el 12 de marzo de 2005. Colter's Hell & Jackson's Hole - The Fur Trappers' Exploration of the Yellowstone and Grand Teton Park Region. "The Fire Hole": Era of the American Fur Company, 1833-1840». En 1870, la Expedición Washburn-Langford-Doane visitó las aguas termales y señaló un géiser cercano de 15 metros (más tarde llamado Excelsior). En 1839, un grupo de cazadores de pieles de la American Fur Company cruzó la cuenca de Midway Geyser y registró un "lago hirviente", muy probablemente refiriéndose la Gran Fuente Prismática, con un diámetro de 90 metros.
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Los primeros registros de la fuente prismática datan de los primeros exploradores europeos.