Hi, how are ya? Wanna see more of Yellowstone National Park? Yeah, I thought so. Step right this way…
Last week’s installment of ThrowBack Thursday saw me spend an entire day on foot in one area of the National Park. We pick up with the next day, when I drove all over the dang place. My first stop on this day was Black Sand Basin, one of the park’s smaller concentrations of geothermal features. Take a gander…
This is Cliff Geyser erupting.This one is called Emerald Pool.Runoff channel with interesting colorsRunoff channel with interesting colorsSpouter Geyser at right, unnamed geyser at left. OK, maybe it had a name, I dunno.Spouter Geyser is spoutin’ off.Unnamed geothermal featureUnnamed geothermal featureThis unnamed geothermal feature produces quite a current!Black Sand Basin, Yellowstone National Park (photographed August 2, 2020)
After the Black Sand Basin, I HAD to go to Biscuit Basin. I ain’t sayin’ why.
Some reading materialAn overview of the Biscuit BasinThis one is called Mustard Spring. I did not taste it to confirm.More groovy deposits/growthsMore terraces…but the big ones are still to come.Sapphire PoolThe runoff channel from Sapphire PoolThis feature was clearly dry when I was there, but it’s named Shell Spring.I didn’t catch the name of this intriguingly colored feature.This is Wall Pool.Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park (photographed August 2, 2020)
My next destination on this day was Mammoth Hot Springs. Here, at last, are the BIG terraces I’ve been talking about. You will no doubt notice that the photos below have something new to these pages…a watermark. For your convenience, this watermark includes the URL for my photo store (CBWpics.com), and the original file name of each image (in case you want to request that I make a specific photo available on the store). Onward now, to Mammoth Hot Springs!
Liberty Cap stands guarding Mammoth Hot Springs. Against what, I dunno.Many of my teeth look exactly like this.Finally, we have reached the BIG terraces!In some spots, it looks like the springs are overtaking an old cement plant.There must be a buttermilk spring around here somewhere.Even the old, dry, “dead” portions of the Mammoth Hot Springs look cool.Atop the Mammoth Hot SpringsThe big terraces are often comprised of tiny terraces (not “tare asses”)Some of these terraces are practically hydroelectric reservoirs.View across the top of Mammoth Hot Springs, Mt. Everts in the backgoundLooks like a winter wonderland, no? No. It’s August 2nd.Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National park (photographed August 2, 2020)
My last stop of the day was another grouping of “paint pots” (i.e., bubblin’ mud), this one called Artists’ Paint Pots. Enjoy…
Especially thick mud at this paint pot. Here I caught three bubbles in mid-pop.I didn’t put a watermark on this one, OK?Artists’ Paint Pots, Yellowstone National Park (photographed August 2, 2020)
Yellowstone National Park is a huge place. To get to all the places pictured above, I had to drive many a mile. Naturally, I saw a great deal of scenery along the way. Here are some scattered pictures taken along the roadway, whilst driving to all these different places:
Believe it or not, this was the only elk picture I got on this trip.The aptly named Frying Pan SpringSome sort of mountainRoaring Mountain (that’s its name)Roaring MountainYellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S.A. (photographed August 2, 2020)
I think I’ll wrap this thing up now. Come on back for next week’s ThrowBack Thursday for still more Yellowstone, including another geyser basin, more paint pots, canyons, waterfalls, and maybe even some bison!
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