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Closeup of Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone wall showing hydrothermal alteration.

Detailed Description

Closeup of a wall of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone showing red, orange, and yellow mineral alternation, as well as white veins of silica, in the subsurface alteration zone of a former thermal basin.

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Public Domain.