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Acid hot spring, Rotokawa

Acid hot spring, Rotokawa

Acid hot spring, Rotokawa

This hot spring at Rotokawa, near Taupō, is highly acidic. In the past it was assumed that nothing could survive there, but it is now known that such an environment is home to distinctive microbial life.

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GNS Science, Extremophile photo collection
Reference: DCP_0916
Photograph by Bruce Mountain

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