Return to Yellowstone

If Yellowstone is not the most visited National Park in the United States, then it is near the top. We now understand why – it is a truly unique place. The sites in the park are dispersed enough to spread the visitors around, and the most popular sites, like Old Faithful, are well laid out for crowd management. It is a playground for geologists. Not only does it have steaming vents, mud pots, and geysers, it has rivers with waterfalls carving through the multi-hued volcanic rocks of an ancient caldera. We had seven days to explore the park, and managed to see most of easily accessible thermal features.

Rather than describe what we saw, I will instead share a few of our favorite images and movies. If you have not been there – GO! It is like no place else on Earth.

The photos, from top to bottom, are described below:

• Top – Terraces in the Mammoth Hot Springs area,
• Second -- Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River from Inspiration Point,
• Third – Steam at the Grand Prismatic Spring in the Middle Geyser Basin,
• Fourth – Elk grazing with Old Faithful and the Upper Geyser Basin in the background.

And here are a few 30-second videos, too

• The brink of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River
• Dad photographing the Grand Prismatic Spring and sharing a bench with John and Mom
• Sawmill Geyser doing its thing in the Upper Geyser Basin

Posted using wi-fi provided by Mammoth Lakes Public Library, California