Dead Tree Skeletons In Colored Hydrothermal Spring With White Socks At Base Stock Photo

Skeletons of dead lodgepole pines trees that died when hot spring run-off shifted and flooded a piece of forest. Dissolved minerals in the water deposited a crust of white silica on the bottom of the dead trees and stumps, as if they are wearing white anklet socks, at one time called “bobby sock. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Lower Geyser Basin