Mineral Coloration of Water in Yellowstone National Park (IMAGE)

SPIE--International Society for Optics and Photonics

Mineral Coloration of Water in Yellowstone National Park

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Understanding how minerals affect water color in pools at Yellowstone National Park may provide important information for the development of alternative fuels. Phenomena of light in nature such as this were the topic of a conference at SPIE Optics + Photonics, with results published in the SPIE Digital Library.

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(Photograph by Joseph Shaw)

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