Road Trip: Day 7
Artist Point is a popular and dramatic spot to view Yellowstone Falls. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone lies before you with its steep cliffs and striking yellow-orange-pink colors, the result iron oxidation and sulfur in the soil. The Yellowstone River churns at the bottom of the canyon, having just fallen 308 feet down Lower Yellowstone Falls, on its way to Tower Falls another 15 miles away. In midsummer, if the wind in the canyon and the spray from the falls cooperate, a rainbow will appear to the right of Lower Yellowstone Falls when viewed from Artist Point around 10:00am. If you are spending the day (or more) in the Canyon area of Yellowstone National Park and are into waterfalls, canyons and hiking, you owe it to yourself to hike both Uncle Tom’s Trail on the north side of the canyon, which offers a dramatic and close view of the falls near their base, and the trail to Red Rock Point on the south side of the canyon, below Lookout Point. They are steep but my kids (3 and 7 years) did both with me in one day.
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A rainbow appears in the mist of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. A long exposure blurs the fast-flowing water. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from the famous and popular Artist Point on the south side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. When conditions are perfect in midsummer, a morning rainbow briefly appears in the falls. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Keywords: artist point, lower yellowstone falls, waterfall, grand canyon of the yellowstone, yellowstone river, yellowstone national park.
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Backlit wave, the Wedge. The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006
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September swell at the Wedge. The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005
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Bodyboarder drops knee, the Wedge. The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006
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Wave breaking, tube, Newport Beach. Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: Newport Beach, California, August 4, 2006
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Wave breaking, tube, Newport Beach. Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: Newport Beach, California, August 4, 2006
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Wave breaking, tube, Newport Beach. Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: Newport Beach, California, August 4, 2006
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Ugly wave, the Wedge. The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, April 12, 2007
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Kirk Blackman, Newport Beach. Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: Newport Beach, California, August 5, 2006
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Kirk Blackman, September swell Newport Beach, California. Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005
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The Wedge in Newport Beach is one of the world’s most notorious and exciting bodysurfing spots. Locals in the 70’s and 80’s developed a reputation for getting barreled in the bruising, thick wave while risking being pile-driven onto the sand if they got sucked over. Growing up in Newport in the 60s and 70s, I remember many times sirens would sound down Newport Boulevard as an ambulance raced to the Wedge to attend to some poor soul who had gone over the falls trying to impress his buds or the (quite fine) local girls, crunching bones as he returned to the beach. The old-school still bodysurfs the Wedge by virtue of a local ordinance that forbids any boards in the water between 10am and 5pm. However, these days boards rule the Wedge, working the place with bodyboards and standup. The Wedge is best on a south swell. Incoming waves reflecting off the adjacent jetty combine with the next wave to form a doubled-up triangular mutant mountain wave that pitches over thick and fast in surprisingly shallow water. The result is a big, sucking, foam-filled donut. Don’t get caught inside during a closeout set.
See more photos of the Wedge taken recently.
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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005
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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005
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Tube, the Wedge. The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA.
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Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006
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See also Surfline’s Wedgecam for conditions and a cool aerial photo of the Wedge.
Tenaya Lake lies in the high country of Yosemite National Park, surrounded by enormous granite domes and coniferous forests.
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Tenaya Lake is surrounded by epic granite domes. Late afternoon, viewed from Olmstead Point. Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
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Location: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
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Tenaya Peak rises above Tenaya Lake near Tuolumne Meadows. Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
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Location: Tenaya Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
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Keywords: Tenaya Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, photo, picture, image.
Mammoth Peak rises above Tioga Lake and Tuolumne Meadows in the high country of Yosemite National Park.
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Mammoth Peak in the High Sierra range is reflected in Tioga Lake at sunrise. This spectacular location is just a short walk from the Tioga Pass road. Near Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park. Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
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Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
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Mammoth Peak and alpine meadows in the High Sierra are reflected in Tioga Lake at sunrise. This spectacular location is just a short walk from the Tioga Pass road. Near Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park. Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
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Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
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Keywords: Mammoth Peak, Tioga Lake, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, photo, image, picture.
Lembert Dome rises above Tuolumne Meadows in the high country of Yosemite National Park. The hike to the summit of Lembert Dome is easy and leads through a forest of trees before emerging on the backside of the dome, and offers expansive view of the entire Tuolumne Meadows from the top.
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Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
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The Tuolumne River flows serenely through Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra. Lembert Dome is seen in the background. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
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Lembert Dome rises above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA.
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Keywords: Lembert Dome, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, photo, image, picture.
Road Trip: Day 6
Yellowstone Falls marks the point at which the Yellowstone River plunges 308 feet into the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. It is a spectacular waterfall, one of the highlights Yellowstone National Park. (Actually, there are two falls, Upper Yellowstone Falls and Lower Yellowstone Falls, within a short distance of one another. Lower Yellowstone Falls is the one pictured here.) Fortunately, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone (aka “Canyon”) offers several excellent vantage points to view the Lower Yellowstone Falls — Artist Point, Lookout Point, Red Rock Point, Uncle Tom’s Trail and the Brink of Lower Falls. In July I photographed the Yellowstone Falls with its morning rainbow, one day from Lookout Point and another day from Artist Point. In mid-July, if the wind in the canyon and the spray from the falls cooperate, a rainbow will appear to the right of Lower Yellowstone Falls when viewed from Lookout Point around 10:15am. The rainbow appears at Artist Point at almost the same time. Since Artist Point in on the other side of the canyon, you will be hard-pressed to witness the rainbow from both Lookout Point and Artist Point on the same day, unless you have a rocket-sled with which to jump the gorge.
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A rainbow appears in the mist of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from Lookout Point on the North side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. When conditions are perfect in midsummer, a midmorning rainbow briefly appears in the falls. Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Keywords: lower yellowstone falls, waterfall, grand canyon of the yellowstone, yellowstone river, yellowstone national park.
Road Trip: Day 5
Gibbon Falls, on the Gibbon River between Madison Junction and Norris Geyser Basin, is one of the most stunning waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park. Gibbon Falls marks the point at which the Gibbon River flows off Yellowstone’s northern escarpment and drops into the Park’s lower volcanic caldera region. Many descriptions of Gibbon Falls state how uninspiring this waterfall is viewed from the road, or how crowded the roadside pullouts are, or complain-whine-wahwahwah. What these folks don’t realize is that it takes a little bit of work to get to the most best vantage point. Most visitors see Gibbon Falls from the pullouts on the road above the falls, which do not offer a good feel of the power and beauty of this waterfall. Instead, at the lower of the two pullouts, park and hop over the wall. With boots or good shoes, slide-jump-tumble-hop down the dirt hill to the river, then follow the fisherman’s trail up the river to the foot of the falls. Yes, you’ll get some dirt in your shoes and then they will get soaked in the Gibbon River, since there are a number of spots you’ll need to wade across the river as you move upstream. In summer the river is warm and the knee deep walk through the whitewater is lots of fun. Use your walking stick or tripod to keep your balance, and put your camera in a dry bag, ziploc or whatever. You may find yourself accompanied by one or two fly fishermen as well who generally have this section of the river all to themselves. The fellow in the photograph was catching lots of tiny little trout-something-or-others and letting them all go. For photography, the best time to shoot this is midday, since at that time you’ll have the entire falls lit evenly with no shadow or contrast problems.
Keywords: gibbon falls, gibbon river, waterfall, yellowstone national park.
Road Trip: Day 4
Castle Geyser is, after Old Faithful Geyser, perhaps the most-viewed of the large predictable geysers in Yellowstone National Park. Castle Geyser is a short, easy walk from the Old Faithful Inn, and is well predicted with intervals of about 10 hours. Since Castle Geyser stands in a large clearing in the Upper Geyser Basin, its eruptions are easily seen from the entire area. Castle Geyser’s eruption a lengthy water phase — 20 minutes is typical — followed by an additional 40 minutes or so of steam, so when it erupts a crowd has time to gather to admire its tall blow, up to 90′ high. Castle Geyser’s 12′ tall cone suggests that it is 5,000 to 15,000 years old. However, it sits on top of an even older and more massive sinter base formed by an earlier spring. Tortoise Shell Spring lies to one side of Castle Geyser covering the base with a beautiful pearly, orange-yellow color.
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Castle Geyser erupts, reaching 60 to 90 feet in height and lasting 20 minutes. While Castle Geyser has a 12 foot sinter cone that took 5,000 to 15,000 years to form, it is in fact situated atop geyserite terraces that themselves may have taken 200,000 years to form, making it likely the oldest active geyser in the park. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Castle Geyser (during steam phase, not eruption) with the colorful bacteria mats of Tortoise Shell Spring in the foreground. While Castle Geyser has a 12 foot sinter cone that took 5,000 to 15,000 years to form, it is in fact situated atop geyserite terraces that themselves may have taken 200,000 years to form, making it likely the oldest active geyser in the park. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Tortoise Shell Spring bubbles in front of the sinter cone of Castle Geyser. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Castle Geyser erupts with the colorful bacteria mats of Tortoise Shell Spring in the foreground. Castle Geyser reaches 60 to 90 feet in height and lasts 20 minutes. While Castle Geyser has a 12 foot sinter cone that took 5,000 to 15,000 years to form, it is in fact situated atop geyserite terraces that themselves may have taken 200,000 years to form, making it likely the oldest active geyser in the park. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Keywords: castle geyser, tortoise shell spring, yellowstone national park.
Road Trip: Day 4
Grand Geyser is one of tallest geysers in the world, and the tallest predictable one. It is amazing, reaching heights of 200′ and often erupting simultaneously with Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser, both of which are very near to Grand Geyser and are connected to it hydrodynamically. Grand Geyser lies in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. Grand Geyser is a fountain-type geyser, meaning it erupts with a broad fountain of spray rather than the focused hose-like spray of a cone-type geyser such as Riverside Geyser, Old Faithful Geyser or Castle Geyser. Grand Geyser’s 12-hour interval is long but predictions are fairly accurate, and its show is worth the wait, especially late in the day at which time rainbows can form in the spray. Grand Geyser has an initial burst lasting about 10 minutes, followed by a cessation of activity at which point many viewers leave. But it can suddenly resume its eruption with a second burst which is often higher and more powerful than the first, so stick around when you think the show is over since it may start up again better than before.
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Grand Geyser erupts (right) with a simultaneous eruption from Vent Geyser (left). Grand Geyser is a fountain-type geyser reaching 200 feet in height and lasting up to 12 minutes. Grand Geyser is considered the tallest predictable geyser in the world, erupting about every 12 hours. It is often accompanied by burst or eruptions from Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser just to its left. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Grand Geyser erupts (right) with a simultaneous eruption from Vent Geyser (left). Grand Geyser is a fountain-type geyser reaching 200 feet in height and lasting up to 12 minutes. Grand Geyser is considered the tallest predictable geyser in the world, erupting about every 12 hours. It is often accompanied by burst or eruptions from Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser just to its left. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Grand Geyser erupts at sunset. Grand Geyser is a fountain-type geyser reaching 200 feet in height and lasting up to 12 minutes. Grand Geyser is considered the tallest predictable geyser in the world, erupting about every 12 hours. It is often accompanied by burst or eruptions from Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser just to its left. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Grand Geyser (right), Turban Geyser (center) and Vent Geyser (left) erupt in concert. Grand Geyser is a fountain-type geyser reaching 200 feet in height and lasting up to 12 minutes. Grand Geyser is considered the tallest predictable geyser in the world, erupting about every 12 hours. It is often accompanied by burst or eruptions from Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser just to its left. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Keywords: grand geyser, yellowstone national park.
Road Trip: Day 4
Lion Geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park along the Geyser Hill boardwalk, was a lucky happenstance for me. Lion Geyser, part of the Lion Group which includes a few other geysers, is difficult to observe since it is not one of geysers that the Park rangers predict. Lion Geyser has a relatively complex eruption timeline, involving major and minor eruptions that themselves occur with their own subintervals, steam phases and a rather long and unpredictable primary interval that lasts six hours to over a day in many cases. This hints at the convoluted nature of the subterranean plumbing and geothermal forces which drive the Lion Group. Lion Geyser was not even on my list of geysers to try to see this trip. However, I had just come from a wonderful eruption of nearby Grand Geyser and was walking the Geyser Hill trail for an hour before returning to Riverside Geyser to end the day, when Lion Geyser went off just as I was passing by. A pleasant woman with a European accent and I were the only two people fortunate enough to be near Lion Geyser as it gushed. We stood there quietly enjoying the show and taking pictures and video, listening to the unique roaring sound for which Lion Geyser is named.
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A visitor videotapes the eruption of Lion Geyser, with Old Faithful Inn visible in the distance. Lion Geyser, whose eruption is preceded by a release of steam that sounds like a lion roaring, erupts just once or a few times each day, reaching heights of up to 90 feet. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Keywords: lion geyser photos, yellowstone national park.
Road Trip: Day 3
Riverside Geyser is our favorite geyser in Yellowstone National Park. Riverside Geyser lies right at the edge of the Firehole River. It is a cone-type geyser with a tight, hose-like flow angling out over the river and reaching heights of 80′ or more. Low afternoon light often throws a spectacular rainbow across the river if the wind and the geyser mist cooperate. (Note: mild use of a polarizing filter helps bring out the rainbow, but full polarization is too much and will screw the effect badly.) Riverside Geyser is highly predictable, with an interval that is bimodally distributed at either 5.5 or 6.5 hours. It is easy to tell when Riverside Geyser is preparing to erupt. The main vent starts overflowing into the river an hour or two before eruption. The other, smaller vents will start bubbling and splashing, increasing as the eruption approaches. Just moments before it goes off, a family with just one day in Yellowstone and which has been waiting at Riverside Geyser in the hot sun for 3 hours leaves after 3-year-old Junior loses his patience, screams for a frozen yogurt and or a bathroom and goes into full meltdown as Mom and Dad drag him off. When that happens, you are golden. Just hang out a little longer … one of the vent splashes will finally “get” the eruption started. The water phase, which is amazingly scenic with the backdrop of woods and the river flowing beneath it, lasts 15-20 minutes, so there is plenty of time to shoot photos and video. Following the water phase, steam will continue to pour out of Riverside Geyser for quite a while, but it is considerably less interesting.
Absolutely fabulous.
More Riverside Geyser Photos.
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Road Trip: Day 3
Daisy Geyser is one of the most accessible and impressive geysers in Yellowstone National Park. Daisy Geyser is in the Upper Geyser Basin and is reached by an easy paved foot and bike path from the Old Faithful Inn area. The park rangers include Daisy Geyser in their list of predicted geysers; it erupts with an interval of about 2-3 hours and lasts for about 4 minutes, reaching heights up to 75 feet (25m). This photo shows the geyser at peak eruption with its characteristic “tilt”. Viewers can be seen on the other side of the flats surrounding Daisy Geyser.
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Daisy Geyser erupting with visitors visible in the distance.. Daisy Geyser, a cone-type geyser that shoots out of the ground diagonally, is predictable with intervals ranging from 120 to over 200 minutes. It reaches heights of 75 feet, lasts 3 to 4 minutes and rarely erupts in concert with nearby Splendid Geyser. Upper Geyser Basin. Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Keywords: daisy geyser, yellowstone national park.
Road Trip: Day 3
Pink Cone Geyser lies along Firehole Lake Drive in the Lower Geyser Basin area of Yellowstone National Park, between White Dome Geyser and Firehole Lake, on the left as you drive along. Pink Cone Geyser is a small cone-type geyser whose eruptions, though widely spaced at about 9 hours to 1 day apart, last up to 2 hours. In other words, once it finally gets going it goes for a long time. Pink Cone Geyser can reach heights of 30′ (10m). Morning eruptions produce a nice rainbow in the mist of the geyser spray.
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A rainbow appears in the spray of Pink Cone Geyser. Pink Cone Geyser reaches 30 feet in height, and has highly variable interval and duration. It is a cone-type geyser and its cone has a pinkish tint due to manganese oxide in it. Firehole Lake Drive, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Park. Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Road Trip: Day 2
White Dome Geyser lies along Firehole Lake Drive in the Lower Geyser Basin area of Yellowstone National Park. White Dome Geyser is a cone-type geyser whose eruption, through a narrow opening of about 6 inches, reaches heights of 30′ (10m). It erupts relatively frequently — sometimes with intervals as short as 15 minutes — but unpredictably. White Dome Geyser has a large sinter cone, one of the largest in Yellowstone, a sign that it has been active as a spring or geyser for many years. If you visit White Dome Geyser in early morning (as I did) there is a good chance you will not only have the entire area to yourself, an uncommon and pleasant situation in such a popular National Park, but you may also be fortunate enough to observe a rainbow suspended in the spray of the geyser.
Since it is so close to Firehole Lake Drive, many people happen upon White Dome Geyser just as it begins to erupt and view it from their cars. Others may see White Dome Geyser erupt while waiting at nearby Great Fountain Geyser.
Keywords: white dome geyser, yellowstone national park.
Road Trip: Day 2
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park is an enormous and colorful example of thriving thermophilic bacteria. The temperature of the water in Grand Prismatic Spring cools as it moves outward from the spring’s center. Different species of thermophilic bacteria occupy different areas of the spring according to their temperature tolerances: blue water in the center is the hottest part of the spring while varying shades of temperature-specific algae species — from green to yellow and orange to deep red — illustrate how the water cools as it moves towards the edges of the spring.
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Grand Prismatic Spring (left) and Excelsior Geyser (right). Grand Prismatic Spring displays a stunning rainbow of colors created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The blue water in the center is too hot to support any bacterial life, while the outer orange rings are the coolest water. Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest spring in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Midway Geyser Basin. Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Grand Prismatic Spring displays brilliant colors along its edges, created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The outer orange and red regions are the coolest water in the spring, where the overflow runs off. Midway Geyser Basin. Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Grand Prismatic Spring displays a stunning rainbow of colors created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The blue water in the center is too hot to support any bacterial life, while the outer orange rings are the coolest water. Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest spring in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Midway Geyser Basin. Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Grand Prismatic Springs brilliantly colored waters are the result of thermophilic cyanobacteria and algae. Midway Geyser Basin. Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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NASA has a great image of Grand Prismatic Spring shot from space.
Keywords: grand prismatic spring, yellowstone national park, thermophilic bacteria, hot spring, geyser.
Road Trip: Day 2
Lewis Falls is between the south entrance to Yellowstone National Park and Grant Village, just before Lewis Lake. A short trail ends near the 30-foot falls, but to view the falls from the riverside one must leave the trail and hop down an embankment.
Road Trip: Day 2
Moose Falls is at the southern edge of Yellowstone National Park, just inside the south entrance for visitors arriving from Grand Teton National Park. The falls are just a few yards off the highway, indicated by a small sign and a turnout for parking. They are worth a visit.
Road Trip: Day 2
This mother and calf moose pair was spotted walking and grazing among grasses and shrubs along Christian Creek at the north end of Grand Teton National Park. Spending an hour watching them was the highlight of my time in Grand Teton this summer.
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Adult female moose in deep meadow grass near Christian Creek. Christian Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Species: Alces alces
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Mother and calf moose wade through meadow grass near Christian Creek. Christian Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Species: Alces alces
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Road Trip: Day 2
Oxbow Bend is perhaps the most convenient — and most photographed — spot in Grand Teton National Park — and for good reason. It offers a pleasing composition of Mount Moran in the distance with a sweep of the Oxbow Bend section of the Snake River in the foreground. Early morning is when photographers typically make this shot, although if the light in the sky and on Mount Moran is not dramatic a better shot may be had a little later when the sun lights the aspen trees along the waterline. I’ve had moose and white pelicans swim by me as I stood on the riverbank at Oxbow Bend. One morning before sunrise a black bear swam across the river and made a beeline to my riverside spot, got out 15 feet from where I was standing, shook himself off, looked me over for a few moments and walked off.
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Mount Moran rises above the Snake River at Oxbow Bend. Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Mount Moran rises above the Snake River at Oxbow Bend. Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Location: Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
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