Daily Nature Fix: Bubbly, Gray Mud Pot. (Original Photos)

Hi guys! Coming in here around noon, for a change. Today's Daily Nature Fix is about a really cool, yet unnamed geothermal feature in Yellowstone National Park. It is one of my favorite types of volcanic features as well: Mud Pots.

Though the photo may appear to be in black & white, I assure you it is not. The mud and water bubbling out from deep in the ground in this area is naturally gray in color. The smell of sulphur surrounded the pool and the thin, water mud would bubble and splash around with different degrees of intensity as time passed. Many of the hot springs and mud pots in the park are around 200°F, and I'm sure this one was no different. It's hard to find much actual information about this particular mud pot because, well, it doesn't even have a name! Something like this churning caldron would be a main attraction almost anywhere else in the world, but Yellowstone has SO many incredible features that many are just along the side of the road or a trail and doesn't even have a name. Hell, Yellowstone's park boundaries contain half of the geysers in the entire world. This mud pot was found in a small grassy area along the parking lot of West Thumb Geyser Basin.

Personally, I feel this mud pot, with it's entertaining water display and crackled gray soil surround it, deserves a name. I declare it to be "Steemit Mud Pot" from this point, onward! :)

Thanks for reading! I post a nature-themed Daily Nature Fix blog every day. Please upvote if you enjoyed it and resteem if you found it especially interesting! Be sure to follow me @customnature so you'll never miss out on your nature fix! See you tomorrow. - Adam

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