Close-up view of mats of colorful thermophilic bacteria living in the hot water draining into Iron Spring Creek in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone

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Close-up view of mats of colorful thermophilic bacteria living in the hot water draining into Iron Spring Creek in the Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

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Photo credit: © Jon G. Fuller/VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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