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Pulpit terrace print This is a really neat image. This is Pulpit Terrace, part of Yellowstone’s Mammoth Hot Springs named because it looks so much like a preacher’s pulpit from the side that you can find old photographs of people standing behind it and looking like they’re preaching (see our twitter page below). This image shows it as it appeared in 1898, but it’s not a photograph.
Grand Prismatic is one of the most famous features of Yellowstone Park. Gorgeous by any measure, even with all those people in the photo…
Yellowstone is known for its geysers, but the hot spring pools can be just as striking. The chemicals in each one may be juuust a bit different, contributing to the different color patterns in near endless variation.
Classic map The Yellowstone area was declared America’s first National Park in 1872. For decades, no one really knew what a national park meant other than it was something of an interesting area – the U.S. Army even occupied the territory for years to provide some amount of protection for its resources against outsiders who wanted to make money off of the park’s features. Even though no one really knew what a national park was, within 6 years of the park being declared, geologists had a basic idea of what was going on there, as shown by this 1878 vintage geologic map.
Beautiful views ahead!
Photo: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Backpacking trip to the headwaters of the Yellowstone River. Original caption:
"This day 1-3 of an 8 day backpacking trip with my buddy Joey of @myownfrontier in the Greater Yellowstone, Teton Wilderness area. This is Wild America at its best as far as my experience goes. We go into some of the most wild and remote areas of the lower 48 states and find the headwaters of the Mighty Yellowstone River. Amazing vistas and views as we traverse the Continental Divide in the middle of an incredible wildflower bloom. Stunning waterfalls, meadows, mountains and creek crossings everywhere in prime Grizzly country. Part 2 will be out soon and will take us from the North Fork of the Yellowstone River, over to and through the Thorofare Creek drainage, Open Valley, Overlook Mountain, Glacier Basin, Rampart Creek and much more. We didnt see any people except for the first and last day. This trip is from outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park."
These little pools and hot springs are scattered all over Yellowstone, mostly in the southern end of the park (Geology = south, wildlife = north as a general rule). Beautiful variety of colors and clarity.
Grand Prismatic, Yellowstone WY
Yellowstone’s obsidian cliffs. Had to stop and check it out. (Featuring the spare child)
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America’s National Mammal #bison - on the move through #lamarvalley in @yellowstonenps this #summer
- love the sidekick action about half way through lol
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River, revisited: © riverwindphotography
The Great Rift The mountains of Idaho are split by a wide valley known as the Snake River Plain. Much of this landscape was once volcanic, as massive eruptions associated with the Yellowstone Hot Spot blasted their way across the state over the past 20 million years, flattening the mountains as you see here. Every so often, molten rock associated with the Yellowstone system finds a new path it can take up to the surface, and none have been more active recently than the Great Rift.
Morning Glory Pool This spot, especially when caught at the right time of year, is one of the most colorful in Yellowstone National Park, flashing all the colors of the rainbow.
Old Faithful Geyser | Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park's Norris Geyser Basin, is the world's tallest currently-active geyser. And here we see it erupting. Impressive!
Steamboat geyser has been erupting pretty often for the last year and a half - not shooting the full football field in height it has before, but erupting every few days to every few weeks. Its behavior is totally unpredictable.
The Sour Creek Dome This unassuming hill is found within Yellowstone National Park and is an important part of the story of the volcanic system that lies beneath.
Moose Falls in morning light: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
© riverwindphotography, August, 2019
