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31 images Created 26 Oct 2019

Yellowstone National Park

Occasionally an event happens that has an impact far beyond what is imagined at the time. It turned out that the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871 is an excellent example. Along with Hayden and his technical team were two artists: William H. Jackson, a photographer and Thomas Moran, a painter. Hayden compiled a comprehensive report of the expedition and Jackson and Moran provided visuals that helped congressmen to be inspired by the beauty and wonder of the place. On March 1, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill into law creating the first national park in the world. This is a collection of photos that I have taken in Yellowstone over the years. To see the text that goes with each photo view in the largest format possible. To remove the text from the image click the chevron at the bottom of the page.
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  • Fountain Geyser, beside the walkway in the Lower Geyser Basin, goes off frequently.  The early morning light brings out the colors of the water and the rocks.  The dark specks in the photo are bits of debris that are being ejected by the geyser.
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  • This river of hot water is runoff from the Excelsior Geyser.  It discharges about 560 gallons of 160 F water into the Firehole River per minute.  When the air temperature is cold as it was on the morning this was taken large amounts of steam are produced.
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  • Gas escaping from deep within the earth exits through red mud of low viscosity, blasting the mud into the air, forming interesting shapes that last only seconds.  It takes a camera to freeze these structures in time.  They happen too fast for the human eye to see them clearly.
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  • Hot water bubbles out of the top of Chocolate Pots Hot Spring beside the Gibbon river.  Just by looking at the cone you can tell where the hottest water flows (orange) and where the cooler water flows (green).  In the springtime during the snow melt more water escapes from the top and more of the cone is colorful.  It is part of the Gibbon Geyser Basin.
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  • This hot creek exits the region around the Grand Prismatic Hot Spring.  The colors are the result of heat loving microbes.  Different species of microbes live in different temperature zones.  The color of the microbial mats is determined by the pigments within the microbes and on the temperature gradient in the runoff.
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  • The Opalescent Pool is located in a forest that has been killed by thermal activity.  Mineral laden water has wicked up the dead tree trunks, turning them gray.  The pool maintains the beautiful blue color.  Notice where bison have walked along the near side of the pool.
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  • Silex Spring is a deep, beautiful hot spring in the Lower Geyser Basin.  The blue water in the center is so hot that it is devoid of life.  Mineral deposits are deposited around the edges of the pool where appear to form a lace like edge.
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  • A stout wind from the left allows a view of Fountain Geyser going off with the steam from other thermal vents in the distance.
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  • This colorful hot creek runs toward the Firehole River form an area near the Grand Prismatic Hot Spring in the Midway Geyser Basin.
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  • This view is looking up the Firehole River from the bridge to the Grand Prismatic Spring.  The steam is caused by a combination of hot water pouring in from upland thermal features and vents or hot springs along the river interacting with cold air..
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  • Located in the Black Sand Basin, Cliff Geyser is adjacent to Iron Spring Creek that bisects the Black Sand Basin thermal area.  Cliff Geyser is named for the geyserite buildup that forms the small cliff next to the river.  It erupts frequently with eruptions of 10 to 15 feet every three minutes.
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  • Situated above the Firehole River, Beehive Geyser erupts.  Steam can be seen from numerous hot springs and geysers in the lower part of the Upper Geyser Basin.
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  • Yellowstone National Park was created in large part due to the extensive thermal features in the region.  When the park was established in 1872 there were only about 25 wild and free bison in Yellowstone.  This photo of Geyser Hill and other thermal features with a bison in the foreground captures the spirit of why we have the park today.
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  • A lone bison grazes in front of Castle Geyser in the early morning light.
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  • Old Faithful is erupting while steam from other thermal features in the Upper Geyser Basin is visible in the background.
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  • Old Faithful erupting with steam from other thermal features in the background.
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  • Riverside Geyser was erupting in the late afternoon, spewing water into the Firehole River and creating a rainbow in the spray.
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  • Riverside Geyser was erupting in the late afternoon, spewing water into the Firehole River and creating a rainbow in the spray.
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  • This bison was standing close enough to my car to get a closeup photo.
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  • Gibbon Falls on the Gibbon River with golden fall colors by the stream.
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  • One of a number of hot water streams that flows out of the Grand Prismatic Hot Spring.
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  • This creek is runoff from Excelsior Geyser.  As the mineral laden waters cool minerals are precipitated and form terraces.
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  • Lower Yellowstone Falls is the tallest falls in Yellowstone National Park.  Below the falls the Yellowstone River has carved the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.
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  • A wall at Mammoth Hot Springs gives the felling of a watercolor painting.  Taken at a slow shutter speed the water looks silky and the steam being given off by the hot water acts as a filter to soften the look of the rocks.
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  • Mineral deposits and microorganisms result in this colorful formation in Silex Spring in the lower geyser basin.
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  • Hot water runs out of a hot spring into Iron Spring Creek in the Black Sand Basin.  The orange colors are microorganisms that grow in the hot water.
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  • This colorful pattern was photographed in Black Sand Basin.  The colors change with the time of year, the temperature, and the amount of water present.
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  • Before the roads in Yellowstone were groomed in the winter, the bison and elk used the rivers to travel from place to place, thereby avoiding travel through deep snow.  Notice the blowing snow.  The bison on the far left is exhaling and you can see its breath.
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  • In the winter when the snow is deep bison swing their heads back-and-forth to move the snow off the grass.
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  • It was a snowy, windy, and cold day in Yellowstone.  This loan bison remained very still. Given its heavy coat it probably wasn’t very cold.
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  • A winter meal is had for this bison by swinging its head through the snow to expose the grass.  The giant muscle that forms the hump on its back is used to power the “bison snowplow”.
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