Becoming Petrified

Thank you for your comments:-)

Dave? I am really not quite sure what to make of this photo? The colors are very interesting it has a carmel/marshmellow texture? What it really does more than anything is makes me ask? What is it? Looks like this pic should go to the EPA.

Thanks for drawing it to my attention. I am sooo poor at titling images. This is a hot spring from Yellowstone. And the colorful runoff is made up of various kinds of microorganisms called "thermophiles." The alkalines and silicates that are also in the water are slowly replacing the cells of the wood in the trees that the runoff encapsulates - they are quite literally in the process of becoming petrified wood. You are also quite correct in thinking it deserves a call to the EPA, in fact much of Yellowstone could fall into that category, but in this case the guilty party is nature itself!