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Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
The distinct color of the pool is due to bacteria which inhabit the water. On a few rare occasions the Morning Glory Pool has erupted as a geyser, usually following an earthquake or other nearby seismic activity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_Pool
Note that Morning Glory has had only one non-induced eruption that we are certain of, that on June 10, 1944. The remaining few were as a consequence of being induced. Also be careful, the blue color is from the diffraction of light, not bacteria. Furthermore, you citation uses Aubrey Haine’s “Yellowstone Place Names” as a reference, and this work contains a number of mistakes, especially concerning thermal names. The word Haines [pg 153] givin to this feature, namely convolutus, should read “convolvulus.”
And at the bottom of that pool is a rainbow… And at the end of that rainbow is a Guinness…..
What are we looking at?
boobs man… there called boobs
WAIT! this s**ts real?
Looks to be one of the acidic pools in Yellowstone.
I believe it’s the rainbow pool in the black sand basin of Yellowstone National Park. Freaking awesome!
Here are some more pics of it: http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?location=black_sand_basin&city=yellowstone_national_park&state=wyoming&country=usa
It’s the Morning Glory Pool at Yellowstone National Park but I’ve never seen it rainbow colored before…
Yeah, thats definitely the Morning Glory Pool. Its my favorite one.
There are a lot of photos of this in Google images, but I noticed the photos that also show people are far less dramatic in color. I suspect digital “color saturation” has been used on the other photos which would render people too weird looking.
I haven’t been there in decades and I recognized it immediately. It really is that fantastic. I never tried to take a photo but I would imagine that the colors are a real challenge to capture.
Well, judging by the reek of sulphur, let’s just leave it at “a part of mother nature’s anatomy”.
Win
ahh… a butthole joke… ah C wut u dd thar
If I were to hazard a guess, it looks like Yellowstone National Park, and that is a hot spring.
It is a really really cool thing to see in person. I want to go back sometime
It looks like the Rainbow Pool at Yellowstone National Park, but there are other similar features at the park.
The Rainbow Pool is bigger and less defined… Unless I’m remembering wrong??
Beats me. It’s at Yellowstone, that’s for sure. More people should go there.
Agreed that more people should go there! This is Morning Glory Pool – you can even see the sign at the very bottom of the photo.
You mean `morning wood´ in Yellowstone, right?
Well, the sign at the bottom says Morning Glory. Kind of a giveaway.
I bet that’s a spring that is heated by naturally occurring geothermal energy…
Also, there has to be some mineral depositing… Look at the colour of the water… The edges of the spring look like Iron. The mud is the same colour as rust…
It might even be a hot spring somewhere in the Canadian Rockies…
This is clearly fake.
No, it isn’t.
trollface.jpg
*trollface*
That was clearly not a trolling post.
*balls*
Congratulations. You have been trolled by Mother Nature.
This is real.
This is clearly a troll.
^ Calling the fake major BS = win!
It’s definitely not fake. This is Yellowstone, but such pools are not uncommon in areas with geothermal activity. The sights at Yellowstone get even weirder than this, actually.
including, but not limited to:
The wildlife
The other pools
The smell
The acidity of the water in some places
The hotness of the pools vs the coldness of the air… even in summer…
The tourists.
Welcome to Yellowstone park, baby!
This is definitely Yellowstone’s Morning Glory pool. The colors may look deeper than usual because of the light and the camera settings. It doesn’t have to be post-processing.
(The Grand Prismatic pool at Yellowstone is as colorful as this.)
The colors are caused by bacteria. Note that variations in temperature of the water will affect the variety of bacteria that grows in it, so colors can vary by season and by geothermal conditions.
Ha! Found the info on the colors, and a very colorful photo of the pool: http://yellowstonedreaming.blogspot.com/2010/06/contest-time-in-yellowstone-park-poo.html
It’s real. It’s the Morning Glory Pool in Yellowstone. The colour is caused by bacteria.
It’s real. It’s the Morning Glory Pool in Yellowstone. The colours are caused by bacteria.
It’s like a giant underwater jawbreaker. Now I have to go visit.
This is actually the Grand Prismatic Spring. Google is your friend to confirm it’s not fake and the colors aren’t even doctored, really.
If you look more closely at the photo, you’ll see a placard at the bottom with the words Morning Glory on it.
No Brandi was right, it’s the Morning Glory Pool. You can see a bit of the sign at the bottom of the picture. The Grand Prismatic Spring is a lot bigger.
Yep. Here is a version of the pic without the annoying watermark.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mT4MbABxpVQ/THMki_sSFGI/AAAAAAAAAM4/txUE_tgc66U/s640/Grand+Prismatic+Spring+3.jpg
No, it’s definitely too small to be Grand Prismatic. Brandi is right: it’s Morning Glory Pool. There’s a sign on the railing at the bottom of the picture.
Observative commenter is observative
Wow, George, a big WIN for supplying nearly incontrovertible evidence for your counter-argument.
I found George’s comment helpful.
And still i wonder who had the idea to give it such a name ???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_Pool
(I think because the shape of the pool looks like a giant morning glory.)
According to the Wikipedia link (see above):
“The pool was named by Mrs. E. N. McGowan, wife of Assistant Park Superintendent, Charles McGowan in 1883. She called it Convolutus, the Latin name for the morning glory flower of which the springs resemble. By 1889, the name Morning Glory Pool had become common usage in the park.[3] Many early guidebooks called this feature Morning Glory Spring.”
It’s not Grand Prismatic (which is HUGE), it’s Morning Glory Pool, a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park. See the wiki entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_Glory_Pool
It’s absolutely not Photoshopped. There are many features in Yellowstone just like this. The red and yellow colors are due to photosynthetic algal mats that live in the warm water, and the deep blue in the center is intense because the ground beneath it is coated in pure white silica and the water itself is pure and sterile because it is so hot. You can read more about the source of the colors on Grand Prismatic Spring’s wiki page here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prismatic_Spring#Color
For real guys, learn to Google before calling fake.
So…Who wants to dive into the rainbow first? =D
Considering my comment below is about how I think it looks like a giant unicorn anus, I think I’ll pass on your invitation.
GIANT UNICORN ANUS ALL THE WAY!!!1!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!??
Those are the thermophilic archaebacteria >.>
Considering the “Morning Glory” plaque at the bottom of the photo, I’d say it’s the Morning Glory Pool.
Wait a moment…if Morning Glory is waking up with a boner, then a Morning Glory Pool must be…
…a glory hole?
Gosh darn it, I was too(ph)late!
Nah, thats the “wake up stiff”
something they gave Master Chief when he came out of cryo…
Yeah it’s the morning glory pool, and it’s different graduations of bacterial growth in the warm waters that case the colours. Very cool!
http://angryunicorns.com/2010/12/morning-glory-pool-at-yellowstone/
Now that we’ve worked out what it is, let me comment.
This thing hurts my brain.
Well, strictly speaking it’s my brain that’s hurting itself.
Wow, I just dissed myself. Is that a win or a fail?
fail
I would call it a win on our part.
What deposits are causing the colors?
MAGIC
WIN
UNICORN POOP
Mythril ore…
Mythril ore.
Bacteria that live in the scalding-hot water. http://tinyurl.com/6xqx6wm
My understanding is that the different colors are caused by different species of bacteria, each of which likes a different temperature. The water is hot, but as you get closer to the edge, it cools down a bit.
But I’m just going from memory here, and I haven’t been there in 5 years.
That’s exactly what I remember from geology classes–bacterias and minerals mixed with high temperatures. They’re gorgeous!
What’s the difference between this pool and your mom?
One’s an old geyser full of bacteria, and the other is a pool.
Haha
+1000
Lesson time, kids!
The colors are caused by microorganisms called thermophiles. Different species live at different temperatures. The blue ones live in the hottest water at the center of the pool while the yellow and orange ones live in the cooler edge water.
This pool was actually all blue once (and named because of its resemblance to the morning glory flower), but then people started throwing garbage into the water. The tons of trash have clogged up some of the thermal vents and the water has cooled, allowing the yellow and orange thermophiles to grow.
You can see the difference in this photo from 1966:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MorningGloryPool1966.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_Glory_Pool2.jpg
Well, I don’t know about all these other people, but I think it looks like The Eye of Jupiter…
My first thought too lol
Everyone stop being stupid. This is a skittle fountain, the liquid therein is processes using gum products to create a delicioulous candy.
You shut your darn mouth, that’s supposed to be a secret.
It also looks very similar to the champagne pool in Rotorua, New Zealand, which is gorgeous. But this is clearly much smaller.
haha, new zealand
lol
I wouldn’t stick my hand in with how clear the water is, sulphiric acid burns.
Could it be the work of Andy Goldsworthy? He’s made works of art very similar to this, though based solely on the picture, I couldn’t tell if this was done with his usual natural materials or from something inherent in the pool.
I think it looks like a giant rainbow anus. Probably a unicorn’s.
Morning Glory Hole, source of the freshest unicorn poop.
Wow, it’s the Sarlaac’s “fabulous” cousin!
lolololol, I liked that so much.
wow
impressed…
fyi theres different colors because of the temperature difference from the edge of the pool to the center. and there a many different bacteria in that pool. each will thrive at a certain temperature. seems that the hotter it is more of the bluer (high end of the color spectrum) they are.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
its real
glory holes can be so pretty, and I am a girl and do not mean that in a pervy way
but you did mean to make a lame double entendre
Uh, guys? Who divided by zero?
^ That Guy did it!
Don’t you mean… Who multiplied by AWESOME?
Another picture of the lava prank. I’m sick of it.
Stupidity… it hurts.
Is that where Rainbows come from?
Hey they have those up in Johnson Canyon in Alberta Canada they are just as awesome
First) How is a picture of something like this a “Win”? There are LOADS more things out there in nature… perhaps you should start a winsnature.failblog.org… Or something.
Second) The reason you are finding many picture with faded colors is because the actual colors of the pool has faded over time. Mostly from pollutants (people throwing water bottles into the pool, etc). It is a lot more faded than this now, but I remember it used to be this bright. Many of the other pools have faded or changed colors. Source: going every year for the past 15 years, 6 hour drive to Yellowstone FTW.
I am so happy for you. You should get off the Internet completely and become one with nature. The best way to do this would be to lie down in an isolated natural area and become compost.
BOOOOOO! The Internet is the best place in the world to do nothing useful whatsoever on!
Damn nature, you purdy!!!!
This is authentic color. I live in Wyoming and see Morning Glory at least once a year.
The colors are this vibrant and beautiful in real life.
wow i should really go and visit canada someday!
THATS A M*THER F*CKING RAINBOW!!!!!!!!! ALLMOST A DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!!!!
all the way across the sky
Same thing but with less color enhancement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_Glory_Pool2.jpg
Strange colored hole in the ground? Just Dash practising for the Wonderbolts again.