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Lower Geyser Basin
FIREHOLE LAKE AREA
Hydrothermal features dot the area around Firehole Lake. This part
of the Lower Geyser Basin is where Dr. Thomas Brock, a researcher
from Indiana University, first discovered thermophiles in Yellowstone
in 1966. These heat-loving microorganisms thrive in Yellowstone’s
most extreme thermal environments.
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