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Story: Life in hot springs

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Extremophiles

  3. Thermophiles

  4. Acidophiles

  5. Sinter

  6. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Extremophiles

Hot springs, Ōrākei Kōrako

Hot springs, Ōrākei Kōrako

Acid hot spring, Rotokawa

Acid hot spring, Rotokawa

The tree of life

The tree of life

Champagne Pool, Waiotapu

Champagne Pool, Waiotapu (1st of 2)

Thermophilic life in Champagne Pool

Thermophilic life in Champagne Pool (2nd of 2)

From page 2 - Thermophiles

Fibrous silica from Wairākei

Fibrous silica from Wairākei

Hot spring with cyanobacteria

Hot spring with cyanobacteria

Microbial mats

Microbial mats (1st of 2)

Piece of cyanobacterial mat

Piece of cyanobacterial mat (2nd of 2)

Tokaanu geyser surrounded by bacteria

Tokaanu geyser surrounded by bacteria

Microbial mat from an undersea volcano

Microbial mat from an undersea volcano

From page 3 - Acidophiles

Sinter, Lake Rotokawa

Sinter, Lake Rotokawa

Cyanidium cells

Cyanidium cells

Crater lake, White Island

Crater lake, White Island (1st of 2)

Acid stream, White Island

Acid stream, White Island (2nd of 2)

From page 4 - Sinter

Sinter, Opaheke

Sinter, Opaheke

The Pink Terrace

The Pink Terrace

Sinter growth covering vegetation

Sinter growth covering vegetation

Micro-organisms, Champagne Pool

Micro-organisms, Champagne Pool (1st of 3)

Filamentous micro-organisms

Filamentous micro-organisms (2nd of 3)

Spicule

Spicule (3rd of 3)

How to cite this page:

Bruce Mountain, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/life-in-hot-springs/media (accessed 28 March 2023)

Story by Bruce Mountain, published 12 Jun 2006

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