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Palette Spring

Water flows from a flat area and then down a steep ridge, creating a colorful hillside palette of brown, green, and orange.

Water flows from a flat area and then down a steep ridge, creating a colorful hillside palette of brown, green, and orange (the colors are due to the presence of different heat-tolerant bacteria). This effect is much the same as an artist would achieve by allowing wet paint to run down a vertical surface.

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