Idaho Exposure

Hiking, Climbing, Backpacking, Snowshoeing, Backcountry Skiing. Photos by Thomas Oetzell; idahoexposure.com


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IMG_5151.JPG5 viewsDownstream from Gibbon Falls.
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IMG_5153.JPG6 viewsBeryl Spring
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IMG_5155.JPG5 viewsBeryl Spring
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IMG_5164.JPG6 viewsBeryl Spring
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IMG_5166.JPG4 views"Bobbie Sox" trees, killed when minerals in the runoff from nearby thermal features plugged the trees' bases, leaving them white; Artist Paint Pots trail.
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IMG_5168.JPG5 viewsBlood Geyser, named for the red colored iron oxide in the water; Artist Paint Pots trail.
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IMG_5178.JPG4 viewsFlash Spring; Artist Paint Pots trail.
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IMG_5198.JPG5 viewsThe Artist Paint Pots; the first of a pair of mud pots located up Paintpot Hill along the trail.
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IMG_5211.JPG4 viewsThe Artist Paint Pots; the second of a pair of mud pots located up the hill along the trail. The mud was thinner due to rain less than an hour before.
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IMG_5215.JPG4 viewsOne of several hydrothermal pools on the northwest section of the Artist Paint Pots trail. Color is the result of silica suspended in the water.
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IMG_5216.JPG3 viewsThe professor explores a hydrothermal pool on the Artist Paint Pots trail.
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IMG_5219.JPG4 viewsOne of several hydrothermal pools on the northwest section of the Artist Paint Pots trail.
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