Galleries         of Extremophiles

One of the first boiling springs in which bacteria were discovered was Boulder Spring, a large spring near Fairy Creek, in the Lower Geyser Basin. In this spring, smalll amounts of hydrogen sulfide provide a source of energy for bacterial life. The bacteria lived attached to the silecous walls of the spring basin, where they are difficult to see, but they can be visible by a simple trick. If microscope slides are immersed in the boiling water, they serve as surfaces for the bacterial colonization. After several days immersion, such slides are loaded with freshly grown bacteria, which can be easily seen under the microscope.

Extremophiles that thrive in high temperatures and high pressures have been found at the entrances to Earth's interior.

Deep in the bowels of the ocean, chimmyl-like smokers release fluid and organic matter from Earth's interior.

Salt-lovers: immense bloom of a halophilic("salt-loving") archean species at a salt works near San Quentin, Baja California Norte. Mexico. This archean also live in enormous numbers of salt ponds at the south end of San Francisco Bay.

these people are searching for extremophiles in extreme enviironments.