15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A dead tree on a hot spring in Yellowstone
The martian looking background is actually part of a hot spring. There are smokes coming out it. The trees are probably long gone because of the high heat and unusual chemical composition of the ground leaving only the dead trunk.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 08.2017 |
| Date Uploaded: | 11.2017 |
| Photo Location: | Gardiner, Montana, United States of America |
| Copyright: | © Anindita Sarkar |