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The story behind the photo: Either Loree or I may have taken this photograph here at the bottom of the trail at Mammoth Hot Springs. Like so many photos, this one is a liar as well. You would think that this extict hot spring was off by itself in a lonely field surrounded by a forest. In actuality, it is very close to many other thermal wonders at Mammoth Hot Springs and quite close to Minerva Terrace. It is an unusual feature to be sure, even somewhat perverse. You can get a sense of scale from the small sign in front of the feature which is only a couple feet from its base. We had trouble getting a shot this good because the day was so beautiful that the sun shone extremely brightly. When we found ourselves in that sort of situation, we found that many of our most effective shots were taken right at the sun with the feature that we wanted a shot of blocking the sun. For instance, take a look at this beautiful picture of the Arch in St. Louis taken with a cheap 35mm camera for a comparison of this sort of technique.
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