15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Golden hydrothermal Pool of Yellowstone National Park
Water issuing from a hot spring is heated geothermally, that is, with heat produced from the Earth's mantle. In general, the temperature of rocks within the earth increases with depth. The rate of temperature increase with depth is known as the geothermal gradient.
Photo Detail
| Date Taken: | 06.2017 |
| Date Uploaded: | 06.2017 |
| Photo Location: | Yellowstone, Wyoming, United States of America |
| Camera: | NIKON D7100 |
| Copyright: | © Rebecca Jorgensen |