Prismatic geyser, Yellowstone

[sailronin]

Hasselblad Xpan w/30mm on Fuji ISO 400 print film

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Nice rendering, not seen too often.

[sailronin]

Thank you Slobodan,

[Paulo Bizarro]

What a great otherworldly photo.

[earlybird]

A few weeks ago I visited Prismatic Springs several times to make a photo and all I ever saw was a cloud of steam.

It's nice to see some of the spring.

[francois]

The shot is very uncommon and a fresh take on a classical location.
Well done!

[stamper]

I have never seen anything like this before. Spectacular!

[nma]

A wonderful image, well seen. Everything about the composition comes together in a positive fashion, the limited palette, the alternating colors, the hints of detail, the aspect ratio, on and on.

[sailronin]

Thank you  Paulo, Stamper, NMA, Francois,and Earlybird.

It's an "other worldly" location and I can't wait to return in the spring.

Dave

[framah]

Is Prismatic Geyser the same as Prismatic Lake?
I have an old glasss slide from around 1908 of Prismatic Lake.

[sailronin]

It may well be "Prismatic Lake", I think they call it a spring now but could be the place.

[Slobodan Blagojevic]

Isn't the official name the Grand Prismatic Spring?

[francois]

Isn't the official name the Grand Prismatic Spring?

Yes, it is. See here.

[NancyP]

I really like this, it is different from the usual take.

An Ode to Thermus aquaticus!   (heat-loving bacterium, first harvested at Yellowstone, that revolutionized biotechnology - its DNA-making enzyme is the main ingredient in the PCR polymerase chain reaction.

[sailronin]

Thank you Nancy and also about the bacterium information.  Truly an amazing life form.

[framah]

Hi Dave... I really love your image, the colors are amazing.

I mentioned that I had an old glass slide and here it is:

Just thought you'd get a kick out of seeing it.




Still not sure if it is the same place.

[MattBurt]

What a great otherworldly photo.

Otherworldly was the first adjective I thought of. Agreed!

[Mjean]

Stunning!