Feb 7 midday

Sulfur and mud pits, steam vents and green lakes -- fluorescent green, that is. And the Champagne Pool, deep as it is wide, despite its shallow appearance, bringing bubbling water up from the deep. Orange and white 'round the edge of the dark blue water. Huge clouds waft away -- hot and thick.

(Chunlin's photo above)







(Chunlin's photo above)

(a stranger's photo above)