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14 Haziran 2008 Cumartesi

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Roosevelt Arch -- Welcome to Yellowstone National Park!

Mammoth Terrace Layers After entering Yellowstone National Park, the first of the many interesting geothermal areas you reach is Mammoth Hot Springs, which is a truly remarkable place. Boiling water percolates up from a number of hot springs and cascades down hillsides, forming terraces that are shaded a variety of colors. These have built up over many thousands of years.

Mammoth Terrace Layers

Travertine Stairsteps One important way that Mammoth Hot Springs differs from the other geothermal areas in Yellowstone is the composition of the deposits there. Most of Yellowstone's thermal features create deposits of

Travertine Stairsteps

Soaring Above Mount Everts

Minerva Terrace Minerva Terrace is one of the most popular of the various terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs. Because of the nature of this area, springs often have water flow for long periods of time and then can lay dormant for years. Others become more or less active on shorter schedules.

Minerva Terrace

Main Terrace Pastels The main terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs is called... wait for it.. the Main Terrace. :) It is arguably the most beautiful formation at Mammoth, consisting of a set of cascading, rippling terraces of travertine, with bacterial mats and other minerals creating a spectrum of colors from orange to blue and green.

Main Terrace Pastels

Main Terrace Textures This image is a closeup of the Main Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs (see previous image for a wider view.) You can see the beautiful, delicate layers of travertine that form along the terraces.

Main Terrace Textures

Late Day Sun on Palette Spring Palette Spring is one of the more active features at Mammoth Hot Springs. Carbonate-laden water percolates up from the top of the hill and then cascades down in rivulets, forming this large structure (note the small evergreens on the left -- this view encompasses a good 30 or more feet across.)

Late Day Sun on Palette Spring

Mammoth Springs Sentinels Trees are a common casualty of the changing fortunes of Yellowstone's geothermal features. A particular area may lie dormant for decades, allowing plant life to flourish and trees to begin growing. Then, when that area begins to get active again, boiling mineralized water takes care of the trees in short order.

Mammoth Springs Sentinels

Blue Spring Blue Spring is a relatively new feature at Mammoth Hot Springs, as evidenced by the newly-killed trees on the right hand side, the trunks of which are actually submerged. The high temperature of the water in this area prevents bacterial growth and leads to the pretty cyan blue color in the pool.

Blue Spring

Fragile Travertine As mentioned in an earlier image description, travertine is a rather fragile material compared to the geyserite that makes up most of Yellowstone's geysers and other thermal features. Once a spring dries up, the travertine may crumble over time.

Fragile Travertine

Mammoth Hot Springs -- Upper Terraces The terraces at Mammoth are actually split into two general areas: the

Mammoth Hot Springs -- Upper Terraces

Orange Spring Mound

Angel Terrace Angel Terrace is a huge area at the Upper Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, with hot water flowing down a considerable distance from the top of a hill. In fact, when we were there, the water had apparently recently expanded its territory, and was flowing almost into the lot where you park to view the terrace...

Looking Skyward -- The Petrified Tree Many people don't realize that there is a petrified tree at Yellowstone National Park... and it is still standing. It's located not far from Mammoth Hot Springs and I was fortunate to be able to photograph it in pleasant early evening light.

Looking Skyward -- The Petrified Tree

New Growth and Steam -- Norris Basin Our first stop on our first full day at Yellowstone was Norris Geyser Basin, the hottest and most dynamic of the geothermal areas at Yellowstone. New features are constantly popping up and existing ones changing here. In fact, at the time we visited, part of the basin was closed for safety reasons -- heat levels along the pathways had reached temperatures high enough to melt your shoes!

New Growth and Steam -- Norris Basin

Sunlit Steamboat Geyser

Steamboat Geyser Spray While Steamboat Geyser is in its steam phase (see preceding image) it often puts up "mini-eruptions" that are only a few feet high. These spray boiling water in a radius of a few feet around the geyser crater.

Steamboat Geyser Spray

Lilliputian Volcano One of the interesting aspects of Yellowstone's features is that they occur in so many sizes and scales. This picture, taken in isolation, looks somewhat like a grand volcano spewing forth ash and steam. In reality, it's just a small steam vent (or fumarole), and the volcano-shaped cone is only a few inches high.

Lilliputian Volcano

Cistern Spring Cistern Spring is a somewhat classic example of a "hot" hot spring. The very high temperature of this spring's water is evidenced by its deep blue-green color, the large amount of steam on the surface, and the lack of reddish-to-yellow bacterial mats surrounding it.

Red Rock Fumarole A fumarole is simply a hole in the ground through which steam, hot air or other gasses escapes to the surface. There are several thousand of them within the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park.

Red Rock Fumarole

Shy Visitor at Norris Basin When one thinks of wildlife and Yellowstone National Park, rabbits aren't what generally comes to mind. I was somewhat surprised to find this little guy hopping around right in the middle of Norris Geyser Basin -- though he was of course careful to stay well away from the thermal features!

Shy Visitor at Norris Basin

Porcelain Basin

Steam Reflections One of the steam vents in the Porcelain Basin area, located on the edge of a small pond of runoff water. I am not sure what it's called, and in reality it wasn't one of the more impressive features, but I liked the reflection. :)

Steam Reflections

White on Yellow After spending some time at the Norris Geyser Basin, we travelled over to the Canyon area in Yellowstone National Park, and spent several hour walking and hiking in the area. One of the first images I took was of this white water bend in the Yellowstone River. It is located just upstream from Yellowstone Upper Falls.

White on Yellow

Yellowstone Upper Falls Of the two major falls on the Yellowstone River, the Lower Falls are by far the more celebrated and photographed. The Upper Falls, however, are also quite impressive; they are not as high as the Lower Falls, but are quite wide and make quite a splash. (Sorry. :) ) This shot was taken from a fenced-in overlook.

Yellowstone Upper Falls

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone No, it's not

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Yellowstone Lower Falls A simple image of the powerful and majestic Yellowstone Lower Falls, taken from half-way down the canyon. The amount of mist kicked up by the falls was truly impressive, even from a considerable distance away.

Yellowstone Lower Falls

Yellowstone Lower Falls - Curves and Colors

Painted Walls -- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone This is a wider view of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, showing that the stone here is in fact more than just yellow. Various minerals tint the canyon walls a variety of shades of yellow, orange, brown and pink; it's quite an amazing place. Far below, the Yellowstone River winds its way through the canyon.

Painted Walls -- Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

Pot of Gold Viewed from a different angle, the rainbow moves away from the falls themselves and further down the canyon. The rock outcropping is actually much larger than it appears in this image.

Pot of Gold

Yellowstone Lower Falls from Artist Point

Yellowstone Lower Falls Closeup This is a close-up view of the powerful Yellowstone Lower Falls. It was shot from Artist Point, like the preceding image, but using a telephoto lens to get "up close and personal".

Yellowstone Lower Falls Closeup

Yellowstone Caldera Rim from Dunraven Pass While most people think of Yellowstone National Park as being a collection of small geothermal features, the geological reality is that the majority of the park is located within a huge

Yellowstone Caldera Rim from Dunraven Pass

Yellowstone Valley Panoramic

Golden Light on Tower Falls Tower Falls is a 132-foot drop on Tower Creek, and one of the prettier waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park. In contrast to the dramatic power and presence of the Lower Falls and Upper Falls of the Yellowstone, it has a more graceful appearance, which I attempted to capture here in this time-lapse closeup.

Golden Light on Tower Falls

Lamar Valley -- Lone Tree Panorama

A Peaceful Moment on the Lamar River The Lamar River is a renowned fly fishing river and of course runs through the Lamar Valley. I came across this idyllic scene while driving around looking for grizzly bears (which unfortunately we didn't see.) The fisherman, river, golden hills and bison in the late day sun make this a classical view of what Yellowstone National Park is about. (Well, except for the lack of geysers, but you can't have everything. :) )

A Peaceful Moment on the Lamar River

Lamar Bison in Early Evening A closer view of a bison grazing in the meadow alongside the Lamar River on a beautiful evening.

Lamar Bison in Early Evening

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