WHITE TERRACES OF MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
There are many White Terraces in the World today but let me start with the biggest of them The Pink Terrace and The White Terrace which were so called as World’s eight natural wonder in New Zealand. They were reportedly the largest silica sinter deposits on Earth until they were lost and thought destroyed during the eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10 1886.
Since that time biggest White Terraces in the World are White Terraces of Pamukkale in Turkey and White Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Because of the huge amount of geothermal vents, travertine flourishes. Although these springs lie outside of the Yellowstone Super volcano Caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas.
Every single time I am passing though Yellowstone I never miss opportunity to visit Mammoth White Terraces mainly because their continues development they are changing their formation and colors so one can see every single year different formation.
So if you ever going to visit Yellowstone National Park don’t forget visit Mammoth Hot Springs it is definitely second biggest attraction of the park immediately after Old Faithful Geyser.
Enjoy
Jiri
