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Mudpots

MUDPOT COLORS

  • Seasonal Variations
  • Mudpot Colors
  • Minerals tint the mudpots with such a large palette of colors that the mudpots are sometimes called “paint pots.”

    Iron oxides cause the pinks, beiges, and grays of the Fountain Paint Pots (take a virtual tour).

    Mud bubbles up at Fountain Paint Pot

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