And in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before,
and which shall never be seen again. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Yellowstone and Grand Teaton - Day 2

Norris to Mammoth Hot Spring, Yellowstone River and Lamar Valley
Trees charred by shifting ground heat
Norris Geyser panorama

Norris geysers

Boiling thermal pool

Thermophilic bacteria growing in scalding hot spring water. Nerd chill for this biologist.

Yellowstone River plain panorama

Elephant rock, a giant zit on earth's skin

View from Mammoth Hot Spring. Shifting geothermal activity resulted a great reduction in water flow, leaving the mineral deposit exposed


View of Park Rangers headquarters in the valley

Dinosaur rock

Bison herd in Lamar Valley

Prone horns

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