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VIP Movement Notification – Thermal, CA

07 JAN, 2025 Thermal, CA 30/10 NMR – ALTITUDE 17,999 MSL   Specific instructions and restrictions are available at http://tfr.faa.gov once the NOTAM has been issued. *Depicted TFR data may not be a complete listing. Pilots should not use the information on this website for flight planning purposes. For the latest information, call your local Flight Service Station at 1-800-WX-BRIEF
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Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park’s Thermal Basins
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Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park’s Thermal Basins

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Stanley Mordensky, geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. View of the vibrant, multicolored extremophilic bacteria in the outflow from Grand Prismatic Spring at the Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Elizabeth Mordensky, May 12, 2024. When considering life in Yellowstone’s thermal basins, extremophiles—organisms that thrive in, if not require, extreme temperature or acidic conditions—come immediately to mind. Some of these extremophiles vibrantly display colorful bacterial mats characteristic of some thermal features (like the extremophilic bacteria of
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A tour of Norris Geyser Basin’s backcountry thermal areas
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A tour of Norris Geyser Basin’s backcountry thermal areas

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week’s contribution is from Lauren Harrison, assistant professor in the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University.  100 Spring Plain in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park.  The area is frequently flooded and impassable. Photo taken by Lauren Harrison in August 2018. Cinder Pool. Elk Pool. Hydrophane Springs. The Reservoir. These are all thermal features in the backcountry of the dynamic and ever-changing Norris Geyser Basin. Norris Geyser Basin is one of the only major thermal basins located outside of Yellowstone Caldera (it
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