Mineralized Pine Needles in Mammoth Hot Springs

Mineralized Pine Branches © 2010 Bo Mackison

These pine needles were washed into the Mammoth Hot Springs and are lying in several inches of heated spring water. They will eventually be coated with mineral deposits. When the water stops flowing, they will turn into white travertine rock.

I love these close-ups of the hot springs. I took quite a few working on different compositions. Some have twigs, some branches, some a mixture of both. A few have white tips showing where they are exposed to air.

Scalloped Edges in Minreal Hot Springs © 2010 Bo Mackison

These were photographed at Canary Spring on the Main Terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park in early October.

About Bo Mackison

I'm a photographer, book-artist, traveler, naturalist, and creator of the Contemplative Creatives Journey, An Online Workshop and Community and Desert Wisdom Cards and Workshops. Though often not well known, I find the desert a welcoming place - a healing space. Its mysteries and gifts transformed me several years ago. Since that first encounter, I return again and again to fill my well in what most people think of as a desolate region. I'd love to share my desert discoveries and wisdom with you. Please subscribe to receive my five part mini email course The Gifts of the Desert. It's my gift to you.

Comments

  1. Oh! These are lovely! Great captures in the texture and shapes. I really like the Mineralized Pine Branches.

  2. I’m crazy about these two shots, Bo. Earth paintings, that’s what they are. Thanks for sharing these!

  3. Incredible texture and detail. They look almost fossilized!

  4. These are just amazing–the colors, the texture, the concept. Mineralized pine turn into travertine marble. If you wait long enough. Oooooh.

  5. Love the texture of these. So nice to read about the subject too.

  6. Wonderful patterns and rich colors. Great eye.

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