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Mammoth Hot Springs

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Mammoth Hot Springs
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“Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate. Because…”
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OutsideApr 10

Texas Man Jailed After Damaging Yellowstone’s Fragile Mammoth Hot Springs

A Texas man was sentenced to five days in jail for walking on Yellowstone’s dangerous hydrothermal features. Here’s why his off-boardwalk trek was so destructive.

complex of travertine terraces in Yellowstone National Park

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