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Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Date Unknown Photograph by Sam
Abell Steam rising from the hot springs of Yellowstone&#039s Norris
Geyser Basin is illuminated by a full moon. Three times the size of
Rhode Island, Yellowstone National Park holds some 10,000 geysers, hot
pools, and other thermal features, the greatest concentration of such
geologic activity in the world.

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