The Morning Glory Pool
June 23rd 2008 23:51
Fine, it's not a building. That is, people didn't build it.
The Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in Yellowstone Park, named in this peculiar manner, not because it arouses men first thing in the morning, but because it, apparently, resembles a morning glory flower.
The colours are due to bacteria, which give it the bright, comic-book style colours, but that's a-changin'.
Here's the webpage for the Pool on the Park's website. They tell us why the pool is meeting with a sad fate:
"However, this beautiful pool has fallen victim to vandalism. People have thrown literally tons of coins, trash, rocks, and logs into the pool. Much of the debris subsequently became embedded in the sides and vent of the spring, affecting water circulation and accelerating the loss of thermal energy. "
Yes, there are few things more revitalizing to the human spirit than to travel to a national park, find some example of the raw beauty of nature, then throw garbage at it. Huh-huh huh, I threw an old show in. Mwa ha ha!
Image originally from Subtire, but found on Reddit, with all sorts of fun comments.
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