Taken in Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin, this photo captures the striking colors and quiet stillness of Morning Glory Pool. The deep blue center fades into vibrant rings of orange and gold created by heat-loving bacteria that thrive around the pool’s edge. On this clear spring day, the sky mirrored the colors below, and the entire scene looked almost unreal — like a perfectly painted circle in the middle of a barren geothermal landscape. No filters or edits were used; the pool’s natural colors truly looked this vivid in person.
