RHH's photos with the keyword: pool

This is the reflecting pool that is part of the memorial at the Normandy American Cemetery near Omaha Beach. The statue, shown in the inset photo, that is part of the memorial is just visible at the other end of the pool, which lies between the visitors' center and the chapel.

This is the reflecting pool just outside the visitors' center at the American Cemetery near Colleville-sur-Mer and Omaha Beach. We found visiting the D-Day sites and cemeteries to be a very moving and emotional experience.

This is Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park's Midway Geyser Basin. It is one of the largest hot springs in the park.

This is Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone's Midway Geyser Basin, one of the smaller geyser basins in the park but no less spectacular for that.

This is Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone's Midway Geyser Basin.

These pools are very hot and dangerous, but it is the heat that determines the color. Different kinds of algae grow in the pools at different temperatures, as can be seen in this picture. The green, yellow and brown colors are all caused by different algae. This pool used to be brilliant blue, thus the name, but so many coins and so much other trash has been thrown in the pool over the years that the vent has been partially blocked and the temperature has changed and with it the color of the pool.