Yellowstone National Park
I can’t believe this was our first visit to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. It has a lot to offer. Geysers, waterfalls, hot springs, mudpots, fumaroles (steam vents), wildlife, and mammoth hot spring terraces are everywhere.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Geysers
Old Faithful lives up to its name. We arrived at the visitor center around 5:00 and it was only 10 minutes from erupting. We came back the next day and saw it erupt again. Very cool. It seems like we saw a hundred geysers, they were everywhere.
Old Faithful
Castle Geyser
Hot Springs
One of my favorite attractions was the hot springs. The water is incredibly clear and shows hues of many colors. We saw a lot of hot springs, here are just a few. The water is really hot (most over 160 degrees), so you might be tempted to jump into the spa, but that is highly ill advised!
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Hot Springs
Mudpots
Mudpots are an interesting phenomena. They are acidic features with a limited water supply. Some microorganisms use hydrogen sulfide, which rises from deep within the earth, as an energy source. They help convert the gas to sulfuric acid, which breaks down rock into clay. Various gases escape through the wet clay mud, causing it to bubble.
Mudpots
Mudpots
Mudpots
Wildlife
We encountered a lot of wildlife during our time here. We had buffalo come right up to our car, saw black bears, eagles, coyotes, and elk.
This buffalo was right outside our car window
Mom feeding her calf
Huge Elk – Was not afraid of us!
More Nature
We visited Lower Falls and ended both of our days at Yellowstone around 10 p.m. We got all we could out of the park in our 2 days!
Lower falls
Lower Falls
Lewis Lake
Some really great photos.
Ray
Thanks Ray! It is pretty easy when Mother Nature offers up such beauty.
Great pictures, I was there some wears back and I too was amazed of how beautiful the place is. I was only able to spend one night there so you know I didn’t get to see as much of the park as I would have liked to. We stayed in one of the cabins on the grounds. After a full day of driving around and checking out the different sights we were beat and I was looking forward to a night in the cabin and a bit of TV but it didn’t happen; there was no TV in the room. I’m glad you enjoyed the park.
One of the great American parks, and so close to our Colorado home — we have to get back there again!
Amazing photos!
Thanks J.D! I always look forward to your blogs. I was looking through you website today and noticed we have visited a lot of the same places. So many more places to visit!
That’s so true – so many places, so little time. Cheers!
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