Chocolate Pot (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chocolate Pot

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The steamy volcanic vent at Chocolate Pot hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, an iron-rich but relatively cool hot spring where a variety of fascinating microorganisms thrive without oxygen. These microbes respire solid iron much as humans breathe oxygen.

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Courtesy of Nathaniel W. Fortney

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