Credits

This field experience is sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Additional support was also provided by a supplemental education and public outreach grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate to Dr. Allan Treiman.

Images courtesy of the National Parks Service.

Logo image:
    Grand Prismatic Spring; Hot Springs, Midway & Lower Geyser Basin; Al Mebane; 1973

Sidebar images:
    Algae in runoff channels; RG Johnson; 1966
    Close up of Thermophilic algae; J. Schmidt; 1977
    Great Fountain Geyser; Midway and Lower Geyser Basin; George Marler; 1959

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