http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes <em><strong>Yellowstone National Park Landscapes</strong></em><br/><br/>America's first and best (okay, I'm prejudiced) National Park...<br/> <br/>Within the borders of <a href="http://www.nps.gov/yell" target="_blank">Yellowstone National Park</a>, the heart of which is a massive volcanic caldera, are found the wonders of over 10,000 geothermal features -- including more than 500 geysers, hundreds of waterfalls &amp; cascades, a myriad of lakes, including the largest body of fresh water in North <br/>America - Yellowstone Lake. <br/> <br/>I hope you enjoy this peek at the wonders of Yellowstone National Park. It is always a joy for me to witness and capture the beauty of Yellowstone National Park and its inhabitants. This gallery contains Yellowstone landscape photos. Wildlife, wild birds and wild flowers photographed in Yellowstone can be found in galleries categorized by subject.<br/> <br/>If you want to see an individual photo larger, click on the thumbnail for that photo. While viewing the photo, mousing over the left edge of the photo will present additional options. To see a photo even larger, and with "the lights dimmed," click on it again. While the "lights are dimmed," you can advance to the next photo by using the page advance button on the far right side of the screen or go back to a previous photo by using the page back button on the far left. To exit the "dimmed lights" mode, click the gray X in the upper right corner.<br/><br/>All of the photos displayed in this gallery are available for purchase. Prints (framed &amp; unframed), stretched canvas, fotoflots, wall clings, and greeting cards are available. Print orders are fulfilled by Zenfolio/Mpix. If you don't see the size, aspect ratio, or print medium you desire, please <a href="http://www.bigskycountry.net/contact.html" target="_blank"><em><strong>contact me</strong></em></a> for a custom quote to be fulfilled by me directly. <br/><br/>To purchase a single photo, click the Buy button (shopping cart icon) in the upper right while viewing that photo. You can also select multiple photos for purchase by clicking the Select option on image thumbnails. Then, select your preferred options to configure your purchase (including size and frame options for prints).<br/><br/>More help is provided by video via the <a href="http://www.bigskycountry.net/help" target="_blank"><strong><em>Help</em></strong></a> page. en-us (C) Katie LaSalle-Lowery katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:58:40 GMT Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:47:54 GMT Scenic http://www.bigskycountry.net/img/s3/v26/p107707293-10.jpg http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes 120 80 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB283FF9

]]>The east end of the Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

Abiathar Peak is on the left, Amphitheater Peak in the center...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic East Lamar http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB283FF9 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:44:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2533ED1C

]]>Deep winter - Round Butte - Yellowstone National Park

Two sets of tracks in the snow -- one going this way, the other going that way...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic This Way And That http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2533ED1C Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:58:37 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e16721817

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Barronette Peak on a January day in 2011

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Barronette Peak in Profile http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e16721817 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:47:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E4FE26

]]>Tracks in the snow testify that this lonely lookin tree has had visitors - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Not Quite Alone http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E4FE26 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:49:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2BA4E95A

]]>Tracks in the snow testify that this lonely lookin tree has had visitors - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Not Quite Alone 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2BA4E95A Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:22:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A542B7F

]]>The long shadow of an early winter afternoon - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Long Shadow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A542B7F Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:09:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A83FAA0

]]>A bull bison stands sentinel at the Soda Butte cone - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Sentinel 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A83FAA0 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:54:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1574E998

]]>A pair of bison "on guard" at Soda Butte - a dormant geyser in east end of the Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Guard Duty 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1574E998 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:51:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3C24D52A

]]>A pair of bison "on guard" at Soda Butte - a dormant geyser in east end of the Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Guard Duty 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3C24D52A Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:13:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e250E93D4

]]>A pair of bison "on guard" at Soda Butte - a dormant geyser in east end of the Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Guard Duty 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e250E93D4 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:15:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e399E157B

]]>A pair of bison "on guard" at Soda Butte - a dormant geyser in east end of the Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Guard Duty 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e399E157B Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:18:10 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e356BF830

]]>A pair of bison "on guard" at Soda Butte - a dormant geyser in east end of the Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Guard Duty 5 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e356BF830 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:20:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2071B665

]]>A January day at Yellowstone National Park's Round Butte.
The peak on the left is Abiathar Peak. The one in the center is Amphitheater Peak.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Round Butte January http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2071B665 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:56:33 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3AE11F48

]]>The deep quiet of deep winter - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Quiet http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3AE11F48 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:00:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2FAADCFA

]]>Drifts of glittery snow... Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Drifted Glitter http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2FAADCFA Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:02:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BB62FED

]]>Tracks in the snow testify that one traveler passed this way - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic One Traveler http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BB62FED Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:04:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2B1D6548

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Barronette Peak on a January day in 2011

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Barronnette Peak in Profile 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2B1D6548 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:07:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2081AFA9

]]>Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park - January 2011

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Pillows http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2081AFA9 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:11:25 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BA05DAA

]]>Antelope Creek Fire, in the summer of 2010, as seen from Dunraven Pass - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Antelope Creek Fire 2010 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BA05DAA Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:24:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e21DB4EA7

]]>Antelope Creek Fire, in the summer of 2010, as seen from Dunraven Pass - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Antelope Creek Fire 2010 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e21DB4EA7 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:29:14 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34003399

]]>Antelope Creek Fire, in the summer of 2010, as seen from Dunraven Pass - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Antelope Creek Fire 2010 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34003399 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:31:25 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1769AADB

]]>Grotto Geyser of Yellowstone National Park, erupting

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grotto Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1769AADB Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:39:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e10A359B1

]]>Smoke from the Antelope Creek Fire of 2010 obscures the landscape along the Blacktail Plateau Drive

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Smoke Conceals http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e10A359B1 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:37:55 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11C7E49

]]>Smoke from the Antelope Creek Fire of 2010 filters the light of the morning risen sun - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Smoke Filter http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11C7E49 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:40:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A19CAFB

]]>Steam rises from the Lower Geyser Basin on a frosty September morning - 2010

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Frost & Steam http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A19CAFB Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:17:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eC384492

]]>Wet, heavy snow in the first week of September in 2010 -- my first night tent camping in the snow that year.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Wet Heavy http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eC384492 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:20:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e10EE11B

]]>Blue skies and sunshine return after a wet fall snow storm - Yellowstone National Park - first week of September, 2010

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Sun After Snow - Mono http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e10EE11B Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:23:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e266A8C38

]]>Blue skies and sunshine return after a wet fall snow storm - Yellowstone National Park - first week of September, 2010

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Sun After Snow - Color http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e266A8C38 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:25:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2BCA18F8

]]>Fresh fallen snow sugar coats the landscape - first week of September, 2010

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Sugar Coated http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2BCA18F8 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:27:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E801DC3

]]>There isn't always so much snow remaining in mid-June, but the winter of 2010 saw snowfall well above average

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Lookout Point Portrait - June 2011 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E801DC3 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:32:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C3236BC

]]>There isn't always so much snow remaining in mid-June, but the winter of 2010 saw snowfall well above average

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Lookout Point Lanscape - June 2011 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C3236BC Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:34:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e58D971

]]>There isn't always so much snow remaining in mid-June, but the winter of 2010 saw snowfall well above average

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Lookout Point Landscape 2 - June http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e58D971 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:46:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e41BE7DF

]]>The very point of Storm Point - reached by trail - Yellowstone Natioinal Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Storm Point http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e41BE7DF Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:35:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1AC89469

]]>The "beach" at Storm Point - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Storm Point "Beach" http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1AC89469 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:37:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA6C9845

]]>Frost and fog tinted pink by the morning sunlight - Indian Creek - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Pink Frost http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA6C9845 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:38:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAAEE673

]]>Grotto Geyser erupting - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grotto Geyser Erupting http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAAEE673 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:40:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eBD54B09

]]>Rainbows often dance in the spray of Riverside Geyser eruptions

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Riverside Rainbow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eBD54B09 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:41:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB094D3E

]]>Riverside Geyser - along the Firehole River - erupting

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Firehole Riverside http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB094D3E Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:42:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e111FBDE6

]]>Pink Cone - a delightful little geyser along the Firehole Lake Drive

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Pink Cone Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e111FBDE6 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:44:25 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1117FC77

]]>Pelican Creek - watching a storm over Yellowstone Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Storm at Pelican Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1117FC77 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:45:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eFBB34FB

]]>Stormy skies make way for cotton candy clouds over Yellowstone Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic After the Storm - Pelican Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eFBB34FB Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:45:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2583EE3B

]]>Deadfall in a jumple like a game of pick up stix along the Storm Point Trail - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Pick Up Stix http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2583EE3B Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:29:13 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e338C9163

]]>Grand Geyser eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grand! http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e338C9163 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:57:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2717250E

]]>Grand geyser erupting

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grand Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2717250E Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:57:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34E4A6BB

]]>A portrait-orientation photo of an eruption of Grand Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grand Portrait of Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34E4A6BB Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:57:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C5C6A25

]]>The view from the pullout known to Yellowstone regulars as "Boulder."

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Boulder View http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C5C6A25 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:07:29 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eFBEAD53

]]>The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone as seen from Lookout Point

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eFBEAD53 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:10:11 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e385AA9B3

]]>The yellow and aquamarine waters of Canary Spring -- Upper Terraces - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Canary Spring http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e385AA9B3 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:11:33 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2A6D81A8

]]>The yellow and aquamarine waters of Canary Spring -- Upper Terraces - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Canary Spring 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2A6D81A8 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:19:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A622139

]]>Bacteria mat in the travertine at Canary Spring

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Canary Spring Bacteria Mat http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A622139 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:13:50 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e323024CB

]]>Calcium carbonate fallen out of solution at the Mammoth Hot Springs Upper Terraces

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Calcium http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e323024CB Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:21:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A50A839

]]>A sprig preserved by the minerals of Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Mineral Preservation http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A50A839 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:25:38 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27B311DF

]]>Travetine Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Terraces http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27B311DF Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:28:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2354DDA4

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 from Lake Butte Overlook

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume from Lake Butte Overlook http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2354DDA4 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:30:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2FE6769D

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 from Lake Butte Overlook

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume from Lake Butte Overlook 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2FE6769D Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:32:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e235988C9

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 from Lake Butte Overlook

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume from Lake Butte Overlook 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e235988C9 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:34:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BD7E52F

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 from Lake Butte Overlook

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume from Lake Butte Overlook 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BD7E52F Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:36:28 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2CAACD9B

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 in a band over Yellowstone Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume Over Yellowstone Lake http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2CAACD9B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:39:28 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e346CECFB

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 in a band over Yellowstone Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume Over Yellowstone Lake 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e346CECFB Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:41:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e22A0F919

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 in a band over Indian Creek

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume Over Pelican Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e22A0F919 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:44:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e21D0E7F3

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 in a band over Pelican Creek

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume Over Pelican Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e21D0E7F3 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:42:50 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e38210BA2

]]>Smoke plume from the Arnica Fire of 2009 as seen from the Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Arnica Plume from Hayden Valley http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e38210BA2 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:46:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D38D2BF

]]>Electric Peak on a stormy April day - 2010

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Stormy April - Electric Peak http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D38D2BF Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:05:39 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CF44125

]]>April is a time of blooming in many areas -- but in Yellowstone, winter still has a grip

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Winter Lingers http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CF44125 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:06:54 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e33F2E69

]]>Aspens showing preparation for the coming of winter

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Getting Ready http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e33F2E69 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:49:12 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EE974BA

]]>Indian Creek where it meanders past Sheepeater Cliff - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Indian Creek - Sheepeater Cliff http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EE974BA Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:52:18 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e12A210EE

]]>Check out the deposits made by the water at Mammoth Hot Springs!

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic You Think You've Got Hard Water? http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e12A210EE Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:56:54 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1B2655A7

]]>Mother Nature makes a wonderful fountain & terraces - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Nature's Design http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1B2655A7 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:00:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CAC4AFF

]]>A sample of the color palette at Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Terrace Palette http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CAC4AFF Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:04:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e150B7215

]]>Remnants of a changing landscape - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Remnants http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e150B7215 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:07:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F083E8F

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs and the hills to the north

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Two Worlds http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F083E8F Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:09:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C1A89AF

]]>Pools in the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Shallow Pools in Travertine http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C1A89AF Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:12:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e74F48C7

]]>Hot spring pools in the terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs - populated by filamentous bacteria and cyanobacteria.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Alien Life? http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e74F48C7 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:15:31 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1DEFC620

]]>Travertine terrace staircase - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Travertine Staircase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1DEFC620 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:19:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e94E62A9

]]>The terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs are a place where one can observe rapid changes in geology.

"Geologic Setting

Madison limestone formed about 370 million years ago at the bottom of a shallow ocean that covered much of what is now the western United States. This formation is hundreds of meters thick and was later covered by volcanic rocks from the Absaroka Volcanoes and then by the three eruptions of Yellowstone. These volcanic layers have eroded sufficiently to leave the limestone closer to the surface in this area.

Mammoth Hot Springs are located just outside and approximately 34 kilometers northwest of the present Yellowstone Caldera. Mammoth Hot Springs occur along the same fault system as the hot springs of Norris Basin. Norris is closer to the caldera, located less then 3 kilometers from the rim. This proximity translates into higher heat flow at Norris. Because Mammoth is further from the heat source, the water does not get as hot as the Norris Basin and we find temperatures ranging from 45-90 degrees Celsius - not boiling hot, but close!

Geochemical Setting

Meteoric water (from rain and snow) seeps into the ground and is warmed deep within the limestone deposits by heat from the magma chamber below. Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) of the Madison limestone is dissolved into the heated and rising water. The Madison also contains a bit of the calcium sulfate mineral gypsum, CaSO4•2H2O, and it dissolves too. The sulfate from the gypsum reacts with hydrogen dissolved in the water to create hydrogen sulfide (H2S).

As the hot water rises through the limestone and volcanic rocks to the surface, the pressure decreases and hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide gases are released. These gases bubble out at the surface. The hydrogen sulfide is the source of the rotten egg smell at the springs and is utilized by chemotrophs, resulting in sulfuric acid (H2SO4) (chemotrophs are organisms that obtain energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules, in contrast to phototrophs, which utilize solar energy as their source of energy).

As carbon dioxide escapes, the acidity of the water decreases. The sulfuric acid is neutralized by the calcium carbonate (the “Tums effect”). These reactions result in a hot springs pH of 7.5 – 8 according to the data collected in the field. With the increase in pH, the dissolved calcium carbonate is comes out of solution to be deposited on the surface as travertine (CaCO3).

The travertine deposits grow quickly, some as much as three meters in one year. Because these deposits grow so rapidly they cover the surface and anything on it (trees, stumps, the boardwalk etc.) in a very short time — often covering the source of spring water and causing new springs to open in other locations. The travertine forms terraces with raised edges that create a pool of water on the terrace. The terraces continue to grow as water flows over the edge and down the sides. Other factors that can affect the building of the formations are the water flow increasing and decreasing with the seasons, air temperature changes, and water temperature gradient changes resulting in altered biological activity. Earthquakes can also cause a source to close or open. "

quote source>>
www.lpi.usra.edu/education/fieldtrips/2007/explorations/m...

As time has marched on, so have the advances of the travertine terrace -- entombing trees as mineral laden waters of the hot springs deposit their load of calcium carbonate, reshaping the land.
The hot spring water is hospitable to thermophiles -- heat loving organisms.

Among the thermophiles populating the terraces are filamentous bacteria which live on hydrogen sulfide and link together, spreading out like aprons, and cyanobacteria, which rely upon the filamentous bacteria for removal of hydrogen sulfide which is poisonous to them.

Where water flows, these thermophiles color the travertine. Where water has ceased to flow as the alteration of the land redirects the flow, the sun bleaches the travertine white.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Where Geologic Time Flies http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e94E62A9 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:30:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eEEEF994

]]>The terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs are a place where one can observe rapid changes in geology.

"Geologic Setting

Madison limestone formed about 370 million years ago at the bottom of a shallow ocean that covered much of what is now the western United States. This formation is hundreds of meters thick and was later covered by volcanic rocks from the Absaroka Volcanoes and then by the three eruptions of Yellowstone. These volcanic layers have eroded sufficiently to leave the limestone closer to the surface in this area.

Mammoth Hot Springs are located just outside and approximately 34 kilometers northwest of the present Yellowstone Caldera. Mammoth Hot Springs occur along the same fault system as the hot springs of Norris Basin. Norris is closer to the caldera, located less then 3 kilometers from the rim. This proximity translates into higher heat flow at Norris. Because Mammoth is further from the heat source, the water does not get as hot as the Norris Basin and we find temperatures ranging from 45-90 degrees Celsius - not boiling hot, but close!

Geochemical Setting

Meteoric water (from rain and snow) seeps into the ground and is warmed deep within the limestone deposits by heat from the magma chamber below. Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) of the Madison limestone is dissolved into the heated and rising water. The Madison also contains a bit of the calcium sulfate mineral gypsum, CaSO4•2H2O, and it dissolves too. The sulfate from the gypsum reacts with hydrogen dissolved in the water to create hydrogen sulfide (H2S).

As the hot water rises through the limestone and volcanic rocks to the surface, the pressure decreases and hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide gases are released. These gases bubble out at the surface. The hydrogen sulfide is the source of the rotten egg smell at the springs and is utilized by chemotrophs, resulting in sulfuric acid (H2SO4) (chemotrophs are organisms that obtain energy by the oxidation of electron-donating molecules, in contrast to phototrophs, which utilize solar energy as their source of energy).

As carbon dioxide escapes, the acidity of the water decreases. The sulfuric acid is neutralized by the calcium carbonate (the “Tums effect”). These reactions result in a hot springs pH of 7.5 – 8 according to the data collected in the field. With the increase in pH, the dissolved calcium carbonate is comes out of solution to be deposited on the surface as travertine (CaCO3).

The travertine deposits grow quickly, some as much as three meters in one year. Because these deposits grow so rapidly they cover the surface and anything on it (trees, stumps, the boardwalk etc.) in a very short time — often covering the source of spring water and causing new springs to open in other locations. The travertine forms terraces with raised edges that create a pool of water on the terrace. The terraces continue to grow as water flows over the edge and down the sides. Other factors that can affect the building of the formations are the water flow increasing and decreasing with the seasons, air temperature changes, and water temperature gradient changes resulting in altered biological activity. Earthquakes can also cause a source to close or open. "

quote source>>
www.lpi.usra.edu/education/fieldtrips/2007/explorations/m...

As time has marched on, so have the advances of the travertine terrace -- entombing trees as mineral laden waters of the hot springs deposit their load of calcium carbonate, reshaping the land.
The hot spring water is hospitable to thermophiles -- heat loving organisms.

Among the thermophiles populating the terraces are filamentous bacteria which live on hydrogen sulfide and link together, spreading out like aprons, and cyanobacteria, which rely upon the filamentous bacteria for removal of hydrogen sulfide which is poisonous to them.

Where water flows, these thermophiles color the travertine. Where water has ceased to flow as the alteration of the land redirects the flow, the sun bleaches the travertine white.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Where Geologic Time Flies II http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eEEEF994 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:22:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F710EF5

]]>The terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs

This site has some great info about the terraces and the life for which they provide habitat: www.lpi.usra.edu/education/fieldtrips/2007/explorations/m...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Yellowstone's Front Porch http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F710EF5 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:24:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E52DE1C

]]>Formations in the travertine at Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Ripples & Bumps http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E52DE1C Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:32:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B95DEBC

]]>... ever tire of photographing the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from Artist Point

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic No, as a matter of fact, I don't... http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B95DEBC Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:30:14 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35675594

]]>Mud Volcano area - Yellowtone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Cracking Up http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35675594 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:33:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e10A7C34C

]]>The warm and acidic water of Norris Hot Springs is hospitable to saw grass.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Norris Hot Springs Saw Grass Marsh http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e10A7C34C Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:37:13 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CF1557

]]>Kettles of mud - Norris Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Kettles of Mud http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CF1557 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:40:06 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e66B7B9D

]]>Artist Point view of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Artist Point August 2009 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e66B7B9D Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:43:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e15811793

]]>This cool and wet (relative to the area) summer has made for beautiful green grasses and wonderful flowers near Steamboat Point - Yellowstone Lake - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Emerald Gold http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e15811793 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:47:08 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3CF71106

]]>The edge of Black Pool in the West Thumb Geyser Basin on the shore of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park (nearby to Abyss Pool).

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic On The Edge Of Black Pool http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3CF71106 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:28:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2D224784

]]>"Perforated Pool is one of a group of hot springs in the middle area of the basin that all seem to share a common plumbing system. When major features, such as Abyss and Black pools, are in an active phase, this secondary cluster can be drained of water."

source:
www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/westthumb/perforated.htm

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Perforated Pool http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2D224784 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:30:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28FBBA97

]]>Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Where the Buffalo Roam http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28FBBA97 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:31:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A22BDA4

]]>Spring turns into summer (2009) along Slough Creek - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Summer Arrives on Slough Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A22BDA4 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:32:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e207CF20B

]]>Fog and low-hanging clouds obscuing the view from Hellroaring Overlook

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Hellroaring Overlook Obscured http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e207CF20B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:33:42 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e312AE2AF

]]>Tree skeletons hide in the steam above Palette Spring.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Hiding in the Steam http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e312AE2AF Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:40:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3958A2B5

]]>Tree skeletons hide in the steam above Palette Spring.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Shrouded http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3958A2B5 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:41:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e308B7304

]]>The sentinel skeleton trees of Palette Spring

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Palette Spring Sentinels http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e308B7304 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:43:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e41872FC

]]>Spring is taking over.

Duck Lake in the foreground, Yellowstone Lake in the background...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Last Gasp of Winter at Duck Lake http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e41872FC Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:05:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1275B592

]]>Cow elk grazing near Palette Spring

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grazing Palette http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1275B592 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:07:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e4CC4A80

]]>Evidence of spring skiiers on Mount Washburn - May 29, 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Spring Skiing at Washburn http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e4CC4A80 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:09:08 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAEAA3B9

]]>Spring break-up of the ice cover of Yellowstone Lake - as seen from Lake Butte Overlook

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Lake Butte Overlooking 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAEAA3B9 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:11:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1827F67

]]>Spring break-up of the ice cover of Yellowstone Lake - as seen from Lake Butte Overlook

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Lake Butte Overlooking 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1827F67 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:12:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA0E19F1

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs -
This photo was achieved through light painting -- using a flashlight to "paint" the scene during a long exposure.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Mammoth Light Painting v1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA0E19F1 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:16:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD7D4B33

]]>This photo was achieved through light painting -- using a flashlight to "paint" the scene during a long exposure.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Mammoth Light Painting v2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD7D4B33 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:18:14 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17092ED6

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs always seems like another world but that is especially true at night

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Another World http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17092ED6 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:20:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9B1FB79

]]>My flashlight barely holds back the darkness...

Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Holding Back the Darkness http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9B1FB79 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:22:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19F58619

]]>This is a scene quite familiar to visitors of Yellowstone National Park -- the Upper Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. The night-time view is not quite so familiar, though it has become so to my friends and contacts.

This photo was achieved through light painting -- using a flashlight to "paint" the scene during a long exposure.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic A Different Perspective http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19F58619 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:24:09 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CC10402

]]>Night time at Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Surreal http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CC10402 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:25:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e748960B

]]>Mammoth Upper Terrace - Light Painted

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Stark Dreamworld http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e748960B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:26:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA7874BA

]]>Spring breezes sweep away light fluffy clouds

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Mountains Scenic Spring Breezes http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA7874BA Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:27:06 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eBA0067

]]>Every spring, on my first trip by this spot on the shore of Yellowstoen Lake, I stop and take a picture here... Love that tree...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Hanging On... http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eBA0067 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:28:00 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19ECAE10

]]>The ice comes off Yellowstone Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Iceoff http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19ECAE10 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:29:37 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e95E845

]]>Spring is around the corner - Yellowstone Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Waiting http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e95E845 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:30:14 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1549E25C

]]>Yellowstone Lake - Pumice Point - before ice-off

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Pumice Point Iced http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1549E25C Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:31:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e99F9CB9

]]>It's encased in ice now, but the pumice attests to Yellowstone Lake's fiery past.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Fire & Ice http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e99F9CB9 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:32:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C11EDD3

]]>This IS a spring photo - I swear! May 2, 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Spring in the Hayden Valley http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C11EDD3 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:00:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F12095A

]]>Spring arrives a little earlier in the Lamar Valley (compare with previous photo of Hayden Valley) - May 2, 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Spring in the Lamar Valley http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F12095A Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:01:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e37669F9B

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Gibbon Falls May '09 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e37669F9B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:02:47 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e30FAC597

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Gibbon Falls Spring '09 (2) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e30FAC597 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:03:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2296C074

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Artist Point Spring '09 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2296C074 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:04:59 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35B0634A

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Artist Point Spring '09 (2) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35B0634A Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:06:25 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3729F0AF

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Artist Point Spring '09 Portrait http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3729F0AF Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:07:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3450A719

]]>May '09 in Yellowstone's Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Sunday Drive http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3450A719 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:09:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e20AB1171

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Hayden Valley Spring '09 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e20AB1171 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:10:11 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e32DF4F78

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Hayden Valley Spring '09 (2) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e32DF4F78 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:10:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B3F4024

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Hayden Valley Spring '09 (3) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B3F4024 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:11:38 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3349DC58

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Hayden Valley Spring '09 (4) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3349DC58 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:12:47 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2BBDD77C

]]>Sometimes Yellowstone competes with Montana for the "Big Sky" title

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Big Sky http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2BBDD77C Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:16:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27E1C80F

]]>Sometimes Yellowstone competes with Montana for the "Big Sky" title

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Big Sky (2) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27E1C80F Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:22:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2818765B

]]>A pastel hued morning preceded the brilliant blue and white afternoon in Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Pastel Morning http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2818765B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:19:10 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2DCF52ED

]]>Cottonball clouds over the Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Cottonballs http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2DCF52ED Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:19:23 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A5EFFFB

]]>Lamar Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Lamar Valley February '09 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A5EFFFB Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:37:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3E6E513F

]]>The Lamar Valley on a March day (2009), patiently waiting for spring to break winter's grip.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Waiting http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3E6E513F Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:20:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e337A76EC

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Soda Butte March '09 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e337A76EC Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:20:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e289719DE

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Simplicity http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e289719DE Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:21:17 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27BC2692

]]>The confluence of Soda Butte Creek and the Lamar River - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Confluence http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27BC2692 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:22:03 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35942799

]]>Barronette Peak

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Barronette Peak - Winter Portrait http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35942799 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:24:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D70D5A5

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Barronette Peak February '09 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D70D5A5 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:25:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e354AA14E

]]>Tree line - Barronette

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Treeline http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e354AA14E Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:26:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35B0D1FC

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Ice Box Canyon http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35B0D1FC Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:26:54 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2891EE4B

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Soda Butte Creek Winter Portrait http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2891EE4B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:27:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C4C7578

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Soda Butte Creek Winter Landscape http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C4C7578 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:28:23 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25EB96EF

]]>View from the "Wrecker" pullout - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Wrecker Winter http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25EB96EF Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:29:00 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D314DAE

]]>View from "Wrecker" pullout - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Wrecker Winter (2) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D314DAE Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:36:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e313A6387

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e313A6387 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:29:28 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3727966E

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (2) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3727966E Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:29:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2473F58B

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (3) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2473F58B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:30:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23EDC56D

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (4) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23EDC56D Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:30:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C9027D0

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (5) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C9027D0 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:31:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2E51239B

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (6) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2E51239B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:31:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35130799

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (7) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35130799 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:32:42 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e283FCEBE

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (8) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e283FCEBE Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:33:35 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35DFE014

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (9) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35DFE014 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:33:59 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F9F8A04

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (10) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F9F8A04 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:34:33 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EF63175

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (11) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EF63175 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:34:55 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AC68067

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Magical Mammoth (12) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AC68067 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:35:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D897DCB

]]>Mammoth Hot Springs - Upper Terrace - February 2009

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Ice on Crust http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D897DCB Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:36:00 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e296A0B10

]]>Once upon a time, the Slough wolf pack denned up there...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Home Sweet Slough http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e296A0B10 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:37:28 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28539F35

]]>Tracks in the Lamar

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Making Tracks, Finding Feed http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28539F35 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:38:34 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e29994656

]]>Meanders of Soda Butte Creek

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Meanders http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e29994656 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:39:04 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e33D6F5DA

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Amphitheater Peak http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e33D6F5DA Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:39:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F84F661

]]>Yellowstone River - Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Lazy River http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F84F661 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:05:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1DF43094

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Hayden Valley Oct '08 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1DF43094 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:06:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e13E79580

]]>Gas bubbles at the surface provide clues to what lies beneath the Yellowstone River in the Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic What Lies Beneath http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e13E79580 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:06:29 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e81CC10D

]]>The Roosevelt Arch commemorates the Organic Act of 1872

"for the benefit and enjoyment of the people." For the first time, public lands were preserved for public enjoyment, to be administered by the federal government. Put under the "exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior," the land was "reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground..."

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e81CC10D Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:31:10 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e117C07

]]>A wind sculpted tree in Yellowstone National Park's Gardner Canyon (upstream along the Gardner River from Gardiner, MT and, no, I'm not misspelling Gardner/Gardiner)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Wind Bonsai http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e117C07 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:31:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF9E45D8

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Gardner River (upstream from Gardiner, MT and, no, I'm not misspelling Gardner/Gardiner)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Gardner River http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF9E45D8 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:32:11 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1269672E

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Gardner Canyon (upstream along the Gardner River from Gardiner, MT and, no, I'm not misspelling Gardner/Gardiner)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Gardner Canyon 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1269672E Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:32:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1ABF20

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Gardner Canyon (upstream along the Gardner River from Gardiner, MT and, no, I'm not misspelling Gardner/Gardiner)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Gardner Canyon 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1ABF20 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:33:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1506DCE1

]]>Obviously, for this bull bison, the novelty of Old Faithful geyser eruptions has long since worn off.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Yeah, I've Seen It Before http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1506DCE1 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:33:42 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17DA1D4E

]]>Obviously, for this bull bison, the novelty of Old Faithful geyser eruptions has long since worn off.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Novelty Has Worn Off http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17DA1D4E Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:34:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e39ECC6

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e39ECC6 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:34:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F9BFC22

]]>Obviously, for this bull bison, the novelty of Old Faithful geyser eruptions has long since worn off.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic No, I Won't Look Behind Me http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F9BFC22 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:35:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD7EF203

]]>Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Vertical http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD7EF203 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:37:29 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e115E3EE2

]]>The exposed roots of a gnarly windswept white pine in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Exposed http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e115E3EE2 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:38:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e168EE2BF

]]>A wind twisted white pine clings to the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone -- hanging on for dear life.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Hanging On For Dear Life http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e168EE2BF Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:39:51 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e214C27F

]]>Soda Butte on a fall day.


Soda Butte is an ancient extinct/dormant geyser cone near the east end of Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Fine Fall Day - Soda Butte http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e214C27F Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:40:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e257449F8

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Gardner Canyon (upstream along the Gardner River from Gardiner, MT and, no, I'm not misspelling Gardner/Gardiner)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Gardner Canyon 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e257449F8 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:42:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e125F964B

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Gardner Canyon (upstream along the Gardner River from Gardiner, MT and, no, I'm not misspelling Gardner/Gardiner)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Gardner Canyon 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e125F964B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:30:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e298B1E37

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Gardner Canyon (upstream along the Gardner River from Gardiner, MT and, no, I'm not misspelling Gardner/Gardiner)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Gardner Canyon 5 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e298B1E37 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:43:08 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3F9FBEEA

]]>Natural palette -- colorful thermophiles in the waters of Orange Mound Spring - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Natural Palette http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3F9FBEEA Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:09:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27515B64

]]>The geothermal landscape of Yellowstone presents unlimited potential for abstracts

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Orange Mound Abstract http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27515B64 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:10:35 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25DD2120

]]>This tree has been overtaken by the march of Orange Mound Spring - Yellowstone National park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Overtaken http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25DD2120 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:11:59 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3F09E78A

]]>This tree has been overtaken by the march of Orange Mound Spring - Yellowstone National park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Overtaken 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3F09E78A Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:14:00 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F201CA3

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Mystery Walk http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F201CA3 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:12:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3FF4B233

]]>Upper Terraces - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Worlds Meet 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3FF4B233 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:13:06 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e376B8306

]]>Upper Terraces - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Worlds Meet 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e376B8306 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:13:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e32C1AC96

]]>Electric Peak on a beautiful June morning

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Electric Morning http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e32C1AC96 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:15:06 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2B4A5FCD

]]>A view from the Red Rock Trail in Yellowstone's Grand Canyon

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Red Rock Trail 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2B4A5FCD Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:15:59 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BC61DC3

]]>A view from the Red Rock Trail in Yellowstone's Grand Canyon

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Red Rock Trail 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BC61DC3 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:18:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e22C026C6

]]>Orange Mound Spring early in the morning on a fine June day

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Orange Mound Spring - Morning 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e22C026C6 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:19:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D324349

]]>Orange Mound Spring early in the morning on a fine June day

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Orange Mound Spring - Morning 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D324349 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:21:43 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AD20F19

]]>Orange Mound Spring early in the morning on a fine June day

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Orange Mound Spring - Morning 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AD20F19 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:23:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2D9D6887

]]>You can see the upper rainbow, right?

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Riverside Rainbow Two-fer! http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2D9D6887 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:20:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B0C01C8

]]>Grotto Geyser playing to a rapt audience

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grotto Geyser Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B0C01C8 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:24:09 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2660666B

]]>Grand Geyser eruption - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Ain't it Grand? http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2660666B Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:24:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e165379DE

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Abiathar Peak - Late Summer http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e165379DE Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:40:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B8CFE8

]]>Clouds drift over a rocky bluff and wind bent junipers - Lamar Valley - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Rocks, Clouds, Trees... http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B8CFE8 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:49:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A133D52

]]>Storm clouds pass overhead, with patches of clear blue sky between on an early fall day in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Clouds Over Lamar 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A133D52 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:50:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e132590E6

]]>Storm clouds pass overhead, with patches of clear blue sky between on an early fall day in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Clouds Over Lamar 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e132590E6 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:51:54 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e175DECEA

]]>Storm clouds pass overhead, with patches of clear blue sky between on an early fall day in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Clouds Over Lamar 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e175DECEA Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:02:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1512945E

]]>Storm clouds pass overhead, with patches of clear blue sky between on an early fall day in the Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Clouds Over Lamar 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1512945E Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:59 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9541776

]]>Soda Butte - an ancient and extinct geyser cone

This landmark is near the east end of Yellowstone National Park's Lamar Valley. The mountains in the background are part of the Absaroka (say "ab-sohr-key") Mountains.

Sulfur gas is still emitted, so this spot still smells of the "eau de Yellowstone."

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Soda Butte http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9541776 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:52:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F0BA1E0

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Blacktail Plateau - Late Summer http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F0BA1E0 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:54:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e199C42F2

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Blacktail Plateau - Late Summer 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e199C42F2 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:59:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EE620E6

]]>Aftermath of LeHardy fire - Yellowstone National Park, 2008.

While this particular fire was, unfortunately, human caused, the new growth just a few short weeks later, does illustrated the rejuvenating nature of forest fire. Much of Yellowstone looked like this 20 years ago in the aftermath of the fires of 1988.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Rejuvenation http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EE620E6 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:56:11 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e38F15F9

]]>Fountain Geyser - between eruptions (Yellowstone National Park)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Fountain Geyser Interval 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e38F15F9 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:57:09 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eEF707

]]>Fountain Geyser - between eruptions (Yellowstone National Park)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Fountain Geyser Interval 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eEF707 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:58:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1B83CF07

]]>(an unofficial name - but that's how I call this spot in my own head due to the fact that from this overlook one can see an osprey nest on a canyon spire)

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Osprey Heights http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1B83CF07 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:00:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2CA86F48

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Undine Fall http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2CA86F48 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:47:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e371CDD51

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Micro Cornice http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e371CDD51 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:24:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e378F5B75

]]>Glitter of fresh fallen snow

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic New Snow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e378F5B75 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:24:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e33FA38DB

]]>Sun on the mountain top

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Winter Sun http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e33FA38DB Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:25:35 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3FBC7073

]]>Cottonwoods in a near-whiteout - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Apparitions http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3FBC7073 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:41:35 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3C6973CF

]]>Lamar River under partial ice cover

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Lamar In Her Winter Garb http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3C6973CF Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:42:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2146CA81

]]>Castle Geyser at rest

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Sleeping Castle http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2146CA81 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:53:55 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3E3A0C53

]]>Castle Geyser at rest

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Sleeping Castle 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3E3A0C53 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:34:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2456912F

]]>Castle Geyser stirs in its rest between eruptions

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic A Stir In Sleep - Castle Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2456912F Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:35:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A9D0FC6

]]>Hayden Valley in early winter

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Winter Sets In http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A9D0FC6 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:54:35 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e284084E8

]]>Hayden Valley in early winter

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Hayden Valley - Early Winter http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e284084E8 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:56:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35A7DDFC

]]>Norris - Canyon Road Snowy noon in early winter

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Canyon Bound in the Storm http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e35A7DDFC Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:55:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e397A56CA

]]>Lower Falls of the Yellowstone as seen from Lookout Point

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic First Snow at Lookout Point - 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e397A56CA Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:01:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e26F947F9

]]>Lower Falls of the Yellowstone as seen from Lookout Point

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic First Snow at Lookout Point - 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e26F947F9 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:05:17 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3999F68A

]]>Yet another look at my favorite geyser -- Castle Geyser - Upper Geyser Basin - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Snow and Ice Scenic Castle in the Snow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3999F68A Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:00:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e295978CE

]]>Obsidian Creek (Yellowstone National Park), fed by thermal springs and thus kept warm, is hospitable to saw grass as winter sets in.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Obsician Creek Dressed for Autumn - 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e295978CE Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:02:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e294BC615

]]>Obsidian Creek (Yellowstone National Park), fed by thermal springs and thus kept warm, is hospitable to saw grass as winter sets in.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Obsidian Creek Dressed for Autumn - 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e294BC615 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:02:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25503CE1

]]>Hayden Valley in early winter

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Blue & White 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25503CE1 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:06:51 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2E87346D

]]>Yellowstone River ~ Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Blue & White 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2E87346D Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:07:31 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e349D1A36

]]>Thermal bacteria and algae

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places How it all began? http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e349D1A36 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:08:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25F83E37

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Yellowstone's Golden Gate http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25F83E37 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:08:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2A1D4C6D

]]>This area of hoodoos is located south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Yellowstone Hoodoos http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2A1D4C6D Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:09:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C70B6AC

]]>This area of hoodoos is located south of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Yellowstone Hoodoos - Mono http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C70B6AC Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:12:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23056F73

]]>Travertine Terraces - Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Travertine Terraces http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23056F73 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:10:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EE5522A

]]>Travertine terraces of Palette Spring - Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Palette Terraces 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EE5522A Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:10:09 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e39325EE5

]]>Travertine terraces of Palette Spring - Mammoth Hot Springs - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Palette Terraces 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e39325EE5 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:11:23 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e51DEAC4

]]>Columnar Basalt - Sheepeater Cliffs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Columns http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e51DEAC4 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:34:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1885C024

]]>Daydreaming of Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Daydream http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1885C024 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:34:54 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D2C77E0

]]>Every cloud has one, right?

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Silver Lining http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D2C77E0 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:44:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1269AE27

]]>Every cloud has a silver lining

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Silver Lining 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1269AE27 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:47:38 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e72F962D

]]>Abyss Pool - West Thumb Geyser Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Colorful Abyss http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e72F962D Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:44:12 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CB9C157

]]>Castle Geyser, owing to its colorful bacteria mat and the visually interesting shape of its ancient cone, is one of my favorite geysers in Yellowstone National Park.

Castle Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, a short walk from Old Faithful Geyser. Major eruptions occur at intervals of nine to eleven hours apart. During the twenty minute water phase of the two phase eruption, the water plume reaches heights of sixty to ninety feet. The water phase is followed by a forty minute steam phase. Occasionally Castle Geyser has a minor eruption, lasting only a few minutes. Following a minor eruption Castle Geyser does not become predicable again until after the next major eruption.

Bubbling in front of the geyser is Tortoiseshell Spring.

This particular eruption was on a fine sunny day in September 2007.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Castle Geyser Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CB9C157 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:44:39 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9357CF9

]]>Castle Geyser, owing to its colorful bacteria mat and the visually interesting shape of its ancient cone, is one of my favorite geysers in Yellowstone National Park.

Castle Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, a short walk from Old Faithful Geyser. Major eruptions occur at intervals of nine to eleven hours apart. During the twenty minute water phase of the two phase eruption, the water plume reaches heights of sixty to ninety feet. The water phase is followed by a forty minute steam phase. Occasionally Castle Geyser has a minor eruption, lasting only a few minutes. Following a minor eruption Castle Geyser does not become predicable again until after the next major eruption.

Bubbling in front of the geyser is Tortoiseshell Spring.

This particular eruption was on a fine sunny day in September 2007.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Castle Geyser Putting on a Show http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9357CF9 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:44:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1DDBAB64

]]>Castle Geyser, owing to its colorful bacteria mat and the visually interesting shape of its ancient cone, is one of my favorite geysers in Yellowstone National Park.

Castle Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, a short walk from Old Faithful Geyser. Major eruptions occur at intervals of nine to eleven hours apart. During the twenty minute water phase of the two phase eruption, the water plume reaches heights of sixty to ninety feet. The water phase is followed by a forty minute steam phase. Occasionally Castle Geyser has a minor eruption, lasting only a few minutes. Following a minor eruption Castle Geyser does not become predicable again until after the next major eruption.

Bubbling in front of the geyser is Tortoiseshell Spring.

This particular eruption was on a fine sunny day in September 2007.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Castle Geyser Eruption 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1DDBAB64 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:44:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e14AD77E6

]]>Castle Geyser, owing to its colorful bacteria mat and the visually interesting shape of its ancient cone, is one of my favorite geysers in Yellowstone National Park.

Castle Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, a short walk from Old Faithful Geyser. Major eruptions occur at intervals of nine to eleven hours apart. During the twenty minute water phase of the two phase eruption, the water plume reaches heights of sixty to ninety feet. The water phase is followed by a forty minute steam phase. Occasionally Castle Geyser has a minor eruption, lasting only a few minutes. Following a minor eruption Castle Geyser does not become predicable again until after the next major eruption.

Bubbling in front of the geyser is Tortoiseshell Spring.

This particular eruption was on a fine sunny day in September 2007.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Castle Geyser Eruption 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e14AD77E6 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:45:00 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e123D6642

]]>Castle Geyser, owing to its colorful bacteria mat and the visually interesting shape of its ancient cone, is one of my favorite geysers in Yellowstone National Park.

Castle Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, a short walk from Old Faithful Geyser. Major eruptions occur at intervals of nine to eleven hours apart. During the twenty minute water phase of the two phase eruption, the water plume reaches heights of sixty to ninety feet. The water phase is followed by a forty minute steam phase. Occasionally Castle Geyser has a minor eruption, lasting only a few minutes. Following a minor eruption Castle Geyser does not become predicable again until after the next major eruption.

Bubbling in front of the geyser is Tortoiseshell Spring.

This particular eruption was on a fine sunny day in September 2007.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Castle Geyser Eruption 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e123D6642 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:45:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e8A54AB5

]]>Castle Geyser, owing to its colorful bacteria mat and the visually interesting shape of its ancient cone, is one of my favorite geysers in Yellowstone National Park.

Castle Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, a short walk from Old Faithful Geyser. Major eruptions occur at intervals of nine to eleven hours apart. During the twenty minute water phase of the two phase eruption, the water plume reaches heights of sixty to ninety feet. The water phase is followed by a forty minute steam phase. Occasionally Castle Geyser has a minor eruption, lasting only a few minutes. Following a minor eruption Castle Geyser does not become predicable again until after the next major eruption.

Bubbling in front of the geyser is Tortoiseshell Spring.

This particular eruption was on a fine sunny day in September 2007.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Castle Geyser Eruption 5 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e8A54AB5 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:45:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C4EABE1

]]>A "steambow" in the steam of a Castle Geyser eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Steambow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C4EABE1 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:45:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e14CA1861

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Riverside Geyser Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e14CA1861 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:45:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D01CA9

]]>Bison at Old Faithful Eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Two Icons http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D01CA9 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:46:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e16224589

]]>Pools of Great Fountain Geyser spilling over during eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Fountain Geyser Pools - Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e16224589 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:46:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF06B81E

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Great Fountain Geyser Eruption http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF06B81E Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:46:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e4C16E23

]]>Fishing Cone -- a dormant geyser that still is hot enough to cook fish -- an activity now, thankfully, banned. Visitors used to boil fish in the hot spring. Standing on the cone damaged it. If that had gone on continually for the last hundred years, the cone would, no doubt, be much degraded by now. Fishing Cone is in the West Thumb Geyser Basin and is sometimes just within the lake, sometimes under water, and other times is on the lake shore (depending on lake volume).

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Fishing Cone http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e4C16E23 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:47:12 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e36931487

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Lush Lamar http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e36931487 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:35:17 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1099E691

]]>Autumn in the Lamar Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Autumn Gold http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1099E691 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:57:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28C1B3C8

]]>The runoff channel of Daisy Geyser, populated with thermophile bacteria & algae.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Daisy Runoff http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28C1B3C8 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:35:34 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34450FF7

]]>The Grand Canyon and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone as seen from Artist Point on the south rim of the canyon

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Artist Point - Portrait http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34450FF7 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:04:06 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e26EB979F

]]>The Grand Canyon and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone as seen from Artist Point on the south rim of the canyon

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Artist Point - Landscape http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e26EB979F Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:05:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2903A3E5

]]>The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone, falling 308 feet, the walls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, alpine firs and a rainbow -- seen from the bottom of Uncle Tom's Trail in Yellowstone National Park.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Uncle Tom's Rainbow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2903A3E5 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:06:31 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F4FC7E6

]]>Grand Prismatic Spring, is Yellowstone National Park's largest hot spring. In fact, it's the largest hot spring in the United States and the third largest in the world (New Zealand is home to the largest).

Grand Prismatic Spring displays incredible and contrasting colors. The clear but deep blue of the center of the pool is due to the great purity and depth of the water making the hydroxy blue effect particularly evident.

The rust, yellow and green areas around the spring are the homes of thermophiles -- heat loving organisms.

The spring is about 300 feet in diameter (91m) and 160 feet deep (49m).

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Grand Prismatic Spring http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2F4FC7E6 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:07:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25E2013A

]]>Grand Prismatic Spring, is Yellowstone National Park's largest hot spring. In fact, it's the largest hot spring in the United States and the third largest in the world (New Zealand is home to the largest).

Grand Prismatic Spring displays incredible and contrasting colors. The clear but deep blue of the center of the pool is due to the great purity and depth of the water making the hydroxy blue effect particularly evident.

The rust, yellow and green areas around the spring are the homes of thermophiles -- heat loving organisms.

The spring is about 300 feet in diameter (91m) and 160 feet deep (49m).

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Grand Prismatic Spring 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e25E2013A Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:07:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3473701E

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Fairy Fall 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3473701E Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:08:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3F90D2B4

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Fairy Fall 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3F90D2B4 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:09:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e240C22DC

]]>Fairy Creek along the trail between Fairy Fall and Imperial Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Fairy Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e240C22DC Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:09:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e244285EA

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Imperial Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e244285EA Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:10:47 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3C5B87B7

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Imperial Geyser 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3C5B87B7 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:11:13 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e38AA5477

]]>Grand Prismatic Spring, is Yellowstone National Park's largest hot spring. In fact, it's the largest hot spring in the United States and the third largest in the world (New Zealand is home to the largest).

Grand Prismatic Spring displays incredible and contrasting colors. The clear but deep blue of the center of the pool is due to the great purity and depth of the water making the hydroxy blue effect particularly evident.

The rust, yellow and green areas around the spring are the homes of thermophiles -- heat loving organisms.

The spring is about 300 feet in diameter (91m) and 160 feet deep (49m).

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Grand Prismatic Abstract http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e38AA5477 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:11:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EFC8E05

]]>Two runoff channels of Whirligig Geyser, of two different temperatures, and thus inhabited by different thermophiles.


Thermophiles living in the rust colored channel use iron from Whirligig Geyser's iron rich water for energy and become coated with rust. These chemical users are called "chemotrophs." Temperatures in this rust colored channel are 122-140 degrees Fahrenheit (50-60 degrees Celsius).


Thermophilic algae inhabit the green channel. Like other plants, these algae use green chlorophyll to photosynthesis. The temperature in the green channel is 100-133 degrees Fahrenheit (38-56 degrees Celsius).


Info from the the interpretive sign at this spot

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Whirligig Channels http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EFC8E05 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:36:39 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eBA02A8E

]]>Thermophiles living in the rust colored channel use iron from Whirligig Geyser's iron rich water for energy and become coated with rust. These chemical users are called "chemotrophs." Temperatures in this rust colored channel are 122-140 degrees Fahrenheit (50-60 degrees Celsius).


Thermophilic algae inhabit the green channel. Like other plants, these algae use green chlorophyll to photosynthesis. The temperature in the green channel is 100-133 degrees Fahrenheit (38-56 degrees Celsius).


Info from the the interpretive sign at this spot

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Living Thermometer http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eBA02A8E Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:37:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE9625E6

]]>Thermophiles living in the rust colored channel use iron from Whirligig Geyser's iron rich water for energy and become coated with rust. These chemical users are called "chemotrophs." Temperatures in this rust colored channel are 122-140 degrees Fahrenheit (50-60 degrees Celsius).


Thermophilic algae inhabit the green channel. Like other plants, these algae use green chlorophyll to photosynthesis. The temperature in the green channel is 100-133 degrees Fahrenheit (38-56 degrees Celsius).


Info from the the interpretive sign at this spot

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Living Thermometer 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE9625E6 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:37:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D05459

]]>Porcelain Basin is one of the two distinct basins that make up the Norris Geyser Basin -- the hottest geyser basin of Yellowstone National Park.

The Back Basin and Porcelain Basin of Norris are quite different from one another. The Back Basin is forested. Porcelain Basin, on the other hand, as you can see, is pretty much devoid of life. Whereas other thermal springs in the Park are often vividly colored by the thermophiles that inhabit them, the acidic hot springs of Porcelain Basin are more subtly colored by mineral oxides.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Porcelain Basin http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D05459 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:37:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9E7B13C

]]>The boardwalk going into Porcelain Basin.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Porcelain Boardwalk http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e9E7B13C Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:38:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E46D44F

]]>The south side of Orange Mound Spring

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Orange Mound Spring - South Side http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E46D44F Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:39:03 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17B583BE

]]>The border between "normal" life on Earth and a seemingly alien landscape - Porcelain Basin - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Border http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17B583BE Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:39:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF626946

]]>Aspen in the Lamar Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Golden Aspen http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF626946 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:57:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e24D5AC00

]]>Sawgrass maturing in the autumn - Norris Geyser Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Norris Sawgrass http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e24D5AC00 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:59:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2516BBBF

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Advice to Heed http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2516BBBF Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:00:42 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2698EAA5

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Calcite Springs Overlook http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2698EAA5 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:25:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e29DFDFAC

]]>The ice locked water of Yellowstone Lake -- May 2005

The break-up of ice comes late in the high country...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Ice Locked http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e29DFDFAC Fri, 01 Apr 2011 20:28:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A1BAFA

]]>A tree "walks" down the canyon wall - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Walking Tree http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A1BAFA Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:29:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A2605F

]]>Dunes of snow - Lower Geyser Basin - March 2003 - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Dunes http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A2605F Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:13:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e150BA2B3

]]>Dunes of snow - Lower Geyser Basin - March 2003 - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Dunes 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e150BA2B3 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:14:07 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB1FA1CC

]]>Obsidian Creek (Yellowstone National Park), fed by thermal springs and thus kept warm, is hospitable to saw grass as winter sets in.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Obsidian in Green http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB1FA1CC Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:14:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD4E0BD3

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Chocolate Pot http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD4E0BD3 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:14:29 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e95BA4AB

]]>Gibbon Falls in a fresh dusting of snow.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Dusted Gibbon http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e95BA4AB Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:14:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e359BD62

]]>Snow covered boulders in the Lamar River in the Lamar River Canyon

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Lamar Snow Pillows http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e359BD62 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:14:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C052F78

]]>Gibbon Falls - November 2005

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Gibbon Falls - Fall Snow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C052F78 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:15:03 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e4F47406

]]>Gibbon Falls - November 2005

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Gibbon Falls - Fall Snow 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e4F47406 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:15:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e13F49721

]]>Gibbon Falls - November 2005

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Gibbon Falls - Fall Snow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e13F49721 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:15:37 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19D6E1D0

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Barronette Peak - Summer http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19D6E1D0 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:17:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A1D2235

]]>Looking north from the Trout Lake Trail

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) From the Trout Lake Trail http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A1D2235 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:17:25 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD18B07F

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Summer Barronnette Peak http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD18B07F Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:17:43 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAA8AD88

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Barronnette Peak - Summer Portrait http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAA8AD88 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:17:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D4BCBF0

]]>No, that's not an "official" name. It's another one of "my" names -- because I often see pronghorn antelope here.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Antelope Aspens http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D4BCBF0 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:18:18 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA716A35

]]>Gold heartleaf arnica blanketing the slopes - Dunraven Pass

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Dunraven in Gold http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA716A35 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:18:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e190DC172

]]>An August Sky over the Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) August Sky http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e190DC172 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:18:33 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e8B2B2D9

]]>Hayden Valley - August 2011

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Hayden Valley Summer http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e8B2B2D9 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:18:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAE2F3A9

]]>The Tetons - as seen from Lake Butte Overlook if the air is clear

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lake Butte Overlook - Tetons http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAE2F3A9 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:18:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11FAFCB7

]]>Artist Point on an August day in 2011

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Artist Point Portrait August 2011 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11FAFCB7 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:18:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e7531D0

]]>A garden of wild flowers at Steamboat Point on an August day

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Steamboat Point Garden http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e7531D0 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:19:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e44476E7

]]>Mountains, lake, trees, wildflowers... a glorious garden

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Steamboat Point Garden 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e44476E7 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:19:23 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e64F2FC4

]]>Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Alien Landscape on Earth http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e64F2FC4 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:19:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA6F6F48

]]>Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Alien Landscape on Earth 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eA6F6F48 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:19:42 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CE2E829

]]>Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Alien Landscape on Earth 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CE2E829 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:03 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e15EAF137

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Cracked Up http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e15EAF137 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:09 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1BC7EDF6

]]>Solfatara

Unstable Ground

This hillside is venting. As sulfuric acid, gases, and steam escape, they create a barren and very dangerous landscape called solfatara: scalding mud and steam are often barely covered by hot crumbling decomposed rock. Unlike other geothermal features, this solfatara's high concentration of sulfuric acid breaks down the surrounding rock making a confined "plumbing system" unlikely- the gases and steam escape less dramatically.

Sometimes a solfatara has larger, well-defined vents like those at Roaring Mountain (just North of Norris Junction).


Text from the interpretive sign

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Solfatara http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1BC7EDF6 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:28 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E7331B7

]]>Abiathar Peak framed by trees - as seen from the Trout Lake Trail

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Abiathar Peak from Trout Lake Trail 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E7331B7 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:31 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eED5EAE

]]>Abiathar Peak framed by trees - as seen from the Trout Lake Trail

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Abiathar Peak from Trout Lake Trail 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eED5EAE Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE1A887F

]]>Abiathar Peak framed by trees - as seen from the Trout Lake Trail

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Abiathar Peak from Trout Lake Trail 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE1A887F Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3883F47

]]>The "forested half" of Norris Geyser Basin - the Back Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Back Basin http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3883F47 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e36DA914

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Back Basin Sawgrass http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e36DA914 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:20:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EA513D2

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Back Basin Sawgrass 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EA513D2 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:21:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11327B8C

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Back Basin August http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11327B8C Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:21:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eC7E9EBA

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Pearl Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eC7E9EBA Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:22:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e358547D6

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Pearl Geyser 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e358547D6 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:51:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD195F1E

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Back in the Back Basin http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eD195F1E Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:22:23 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB60BCE1

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Overlooking Back Basin http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB60BCE1 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:22:34 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB5B2DDA

]]>Crackling Lake - Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Crackling Lake http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB5B2DDA Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:22:37 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19AF36DD

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Pinwheel Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e19AF36DD Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:22:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB9CA53F

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Whirligig/Pinwheel http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eB9CA53F Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1187E506

]]>"alien life" at Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Alien Life on Earth http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1187E506 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:17 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e8E1DFE6

]]>"alien life" at Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Alien Life on Earth 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e8E1DFE6 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e186F464B

]]>Porcelain Basin is largely devoid of life, but life is visible beyond

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Life Beyond http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e186F464B Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F296B52

]]>The pastel hues of Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Porcelain Pastels http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1F296B52 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:49 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EEEC7DB

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Porcelain Pools http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EEEC7DB Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:51 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2832979

]]>A safe walk over treacherous ground

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Safe Walk http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2832979 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A28363E

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Porcelain Pools 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1A28363E Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:23:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E589BA

]]>Overlooking Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Porcelain Overlook http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1E589BA Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:24:12 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAF260C7

]]>Overlooking Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Porcelain Overlook 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAF260C7 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:24:47 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF3E83F5

]]>The surreal landscape of Porcelain Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Surreal http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eF3E83F5 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:24:50 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3E298840

]]>Cracks in the mud of Mud Volcano

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Cracked http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3E298840 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:10:31 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28EB8A8D

]]>The color in this version is close to reality - the following version has fall color filters applied

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places End of Summer in the Lamar Valley http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28EB8A8D Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:59:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3EF3DE2A

]]>The trees (just for the sake of honesty for date) weren't that gold, yet -- a fall color filter has been applied digitally

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places End of Summer in the Lamar Valley - 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3EF3DE2A Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:00:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e30F317BF

]]>The color in this version is close to reality - the following version has fall color filters applied

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Dancing into Fall http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e30F317BF Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:00:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e32C764A7

]]>The trees (just for the sake of honesty for date) weren't that gold, yet -- a fall color filter has been applied digitally

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Dancing Into Fall 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e32C764A7 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:00:33 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27F2ED26

]]>The color in this version is close to reality - the following version has fall color filters applied

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Fall Dance http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e27F2ED26 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:00:42 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34857F6C

]]>The trees (just for the sake of honesty for date) weren't that gold, yet -- a fall color filter has been applied digitally

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Fall Dance 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e34857F6C Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:00:54 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3FEA1660

]]>A delightfully foggy sunrise - Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Hayden Delight http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3FEA1660 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:29:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAC754FE

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Dragon's Mouth Spring http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eAC754FE Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:34:28 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EBCAD93

]]>Almost a complete whiteout...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Almost http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1EBCAD93 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:47:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e14497A36

]]>A clear blue sky winter day in Yellowstone National Park near Gardiner, MT

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Bluebird Day in Winter http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e14497A36 Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:47:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e129CF216

]]>A colony of cliff swallow nests anchored on the dormant Soda Butte Geyser cone.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Birds Animals Cliff Swallow Nest Colony - Soda Butte http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e129CF216 Wed, 23 May 2012 20:34:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17C8A330

]]>Steamboat Point on a stormy day

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Steamboat Point Stormy 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e17C8A330 Wed, 23 May 2012 21:41:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CAF0192

]]>Steamboat Point on a stormy day

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Steamboat Point Stormy 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CAF0192 Wed, 23 May 2012 21:41:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CEE7926

]]>Steamboat Point on a stormy day

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Steamboat Point Stormy 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1CEE7926 Wed, 23 May 2012 21:41:51 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e7CB0EF9

]]>Roaring Mountain under storm clouds breaking up

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Roaring Mountain http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e7CB0EF9 Wed, 23 May 2012 21:43:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e130DA7C6

]]>In 2011, this area could have been been described as Pelican Lake. In 2012, "Pelican Creek" fit.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Pelican Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e130DA7C6 Wed, 23 May 2012 22:49:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B48B81E

]]>Looking over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone from Calcite Springs Overlook...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Over the Canyon http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3B48B81E Wed, 23 May 2012 23:14:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D6FF2B4

]]>Memorial Day Weekend, the "official" unofficial start of summer brought significant fresh snowfall to Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places The "Official" Unoffocial Start of Summer 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3D6FF2B4 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:30:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C4CC787

]]>Memorial Day Weekend, the "official" unofficial start of summer brought significant fresh snowfall to Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places The "Official" Unoffocial Start of Summer 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C4CC787 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:31:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23DD1F07

]]>Memorial Day Weekend, the "official" unofficial start of summer brought significant fresh snowfall to Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places The "Official" Unoffocial Start of Summer 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23DD1F07 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:31:26 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2D8C30AA

]]>Memorial Day Weekend, the "official" unofficial start of summer brought significant fresh snowfall to Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places The "Official" Unoffocial Start of Summer 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2D8C30AA Wed, 30 May 2012 18:31:27 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A5BEE36

]]>Memorial Day Weekend, the "official" unofficial start of summer brought significant fresh snowfall to Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places The "Official" Unoffocial Start of Summer 5 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3A5BEE36 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e288C93CA

]]>Memorial Day Weekend, the "official" unofficial start of summer brought significant fresh snowfall to Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places The "Official" Unoffocial Start of Summer 6 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e288C93CA Wed, 30 May 2012 18:32:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e22EC1177

]]>Memorial Day Weekend, the "official" unofficial start of summer brought significant fresh snowfall to Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places The "Official" Unoffocial Start of Summer 7 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e22EC1177 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:32:10 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23B32268

]]>The contrast of new spring green and new spring snow...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Spring Contrast 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e23B32268 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BFE95D5

]]>The contrast of new spring green and new spring snow...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Spring Contrast 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3BFE95D5 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:04 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EB827D0

]]>A lull in the storms that came, one after another, throughout Memorial Day Weekend 2012 in Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Lull http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EB827D0 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:10 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EF76361

]]>I find mud cracks abstractly mesmerizing.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Mud Valcano Cracks http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2EF76361 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:18 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AFA4B30

]]>Pillows of cracked mud - Mud Volcano

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Mud Pillows http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AFA4B30 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C464BAE

]]>Why in the world would a grizzly bear walk in the super soft mud at the edge of mud volcano? In the last photo in this series you can see where she (according to the Ranger who witnessed it) sunk in.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Griz Trax 1 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2C464BAE Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:23 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e370051E6

]]>Why in the world would a grizzly bear walk in the super soft mud at the edge of mud volcano? In the last photo in this series you can see where she (according to the Ranger who witnessed it) sunk in.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Griz Trax 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e370051E6 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:35 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2667E113

]]>Why in the world would a grizzly bear walk in the super soft mud at the edge of mud volcano? In the last photo in this series you can see where she (according to the Ranger who witnessed it) sunk in.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Griz Trax 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2667E113 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:41 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e249F3B9B

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Mud Volcano

"When the Washburn Expedition explored the area in 1870, Nathaniel Langford described Mud Volcano as "greatest marvel we have yet met with." Although the Mud Volcano can no longer be heard from a mile away nor does it throw mud from its massive crater, the area is still eerily intriguing."
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/lake-area-nat-highs-3.htm

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Mud Volcano http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e249F3B9B Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:43 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28CC4922

]]>Yellowstone National Park's Mud Volcano

"When the Washburn Expedition explored the area in 1870, Nathaniel Langford described Mud Volcano as "greatest marvel we have yet met with." Although the Mud Volcano can no longer be heard from a mile away nor does it throw mud from its massive crater, the area is still eerily intriguing."
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/lake-area-nat-highs-3.htm

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Mud Volcano http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e28CC4922 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AE255A7

]]>An island on the Yellowstone River in the Hayden Valley on a snowy spring May 27, 2012.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) United States of America North America Travel and Places Island of Spring http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e2AE255A7 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:41:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C38FC0F

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1C38FC0F Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e61F5A76

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e61F5A76 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e6A289E6

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e6A289E6 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D181393

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1D181393 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:29 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e126543F4

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e126543F4 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:37 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE092C7E

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE092C7E Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eCF22F4C

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eCF22F4C Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1216D7DF

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e1216D7DF Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e5F181EA

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e5F181EA Wed, 30 May 2012 18:47:59 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11F68613

]]>Castle Geyser (my favorite geyser!) during the steam phase of an eruption

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Scenic Castle Geyser Eruption - Steam Phase http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e11F68613 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:48:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE89F832

]]>Fly fisherman in the Firehole River with bison on the shore - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sports Fly Fishermens' Paradise http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eE89F832 Wed, 30 May 2012 18:48:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eEC1BF9C

]]>One of the few marked graves in Yellowstone outside of the Mammoth Hot Springs area is that of Mattie S. Culver, age 30, who died of childbirth at the hotel on March 2, 1889. Mrs. Culver was the wife of the hotel’s winter keeper, E. C. Culver. Because of frozen ground at the time, Culver’s body was stored in two end-to-end barrels outside the hotel until spring. Adelaide Child, the wife of the Yellowstone Park Improvement Company president Harry W. Childe ,ensured a proper burial, memorial and fenced in tombstone near the hotel. The grave is visible today a few 100 feet (30 m) west of the Nez Perce Picnic Area.

The hotel referred to was one of a pair of hotels near the confluence of the Firehole River and Nez Perce creek — Marshall’s Hotel and the Firehole Hotel. Both had been razed by 1895.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%27s_Hotel

I think the grave marker is in remarkably good condition for its age. Whoever keeps lichen from chewing it up is doing a wonderful job.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Mementos Objects Headstone - Mattie S. Culver http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/eEC1BF9C Wed, 30 May 2012 18:56:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3116551C

]]>Dead fall trees line the shore of Yellowstone National Park's Clear Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Clear Lake http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e3116551C Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:52:18 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e39F7AC31

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Vertical Panorama http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e39F7AC31 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:55:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE0F10

]]>Quadrant Mountain peeks over willows and mature grasses on the bank of Winter Creek as it meanders through Willow Park - Yellowstone National Park.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Late Summer on Winter Creek http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE0F10 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:03:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE0F22

]]>Mature grass and willows changing into their red autumn garb along Yellowstone National Park's Winter Creek as it meanders through Willow Park.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Rivers Scenic Late Summer on Winter Creek 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE0F22 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:03:50 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1690

]]>Sunlight in a trail reflected on Yellowstone Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Sun Trail http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1690 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:04:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1AF8

]]>A few moments before sunrise in a meadow above Virginia Cascades - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunrise Scenic Before The Dawn http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1AF8 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:05:39 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1B92

]]>...but rather a bison at the end of the rainbow

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Wildlife Animals Not a Pot of Gold... http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1B92 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:05:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1BA0

]]>...but rather a bison at the end of the rainbow

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Wildlife Animals Not a Pot of Gold... 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1BA0 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:05:43 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1BE2

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Storms Scenic Hayden Valley Rainbow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1BE2 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:05:50 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1CC2

]]>Storm clouds swirl over Yellowstone's Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Storms Scenic Swirling Storm Clouds http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE1CC2 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:05:56 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE6B3A

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Lewis Falls - Evening Twilight http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE6B3A Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:17:28 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE6B68

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Lewis Falls - Evening Twilight 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE6B68 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:17:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE78C4

]]>Sunrise in the West Thumb Geyser Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunrise Scenic West Thumb Sunrise http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE78C4 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:17 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7958

]]>Sunrise light on the shore of Yellowstone Lake at the West Thumb Geyser Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Lakes Scenic Sunrise at the West Thumb Lakeshore http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7958 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE79E6

]]>Sunrise in the West Thumb Geyser Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunrise Scenic West Thumb Sunrise 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE79E6 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:30 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7B02

]]>Sunrise in the West Thumb Geyser Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunrise Scenic West Thumb Sunrise 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7B02 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:33 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7B6C

]]>Sunrise in the West Thumb Geyser Basin

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunrise Scenic West Thumb Sunrise 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7B6C Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:34 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7B86

]]>The chocolate pot is a hydrothermal feature located along the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. I love the red stream bed of sections of the Gibbon River...
This feature is viewable from a pullout but drivers speeding by often miss it.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Chocolate Pot http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7B86 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:37 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7BE2

]]>The chocolate pot is a hydrothermal feature located along the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. I love the red stream bed of sections of the Gibbon River...
This feature is viewable from a pullout but drivers speeding by often miss it.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Chocolate Pot 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7BE2 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7C5A

]]>The chocolate pot is a hydrothermal feature located along the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. I love the red stream bed of sections of the Gibbon River...
This feature is viewable from a pullout but drivers speeding by often miss it.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Chocolate Pot 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7C5A Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:43 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7CB4

]]>The chocolate pot is a hydrothermal feature located along the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park. I love the red stream bed of sections of the Gibbon River...
This feature is viewable from a pullout but drivers speeding by often miss it.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Chocolate Pot 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE7CB4 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:19:45 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE98D6

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Lamar Valley - Late Summer - 2012 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE98D6 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:38 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9966

]]>The light of the rising sun caught in plums of steam from vents along the Yellowstone River as it meanders through the Hayden Valley

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunrise Scenic Sunrise - Hayden Valley - Yellowstone River http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9966 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE998A

]]>Morning at the Great Fountain geyser along Firehole Lake Drive - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Morning at the Great Fountain http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE998A Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:43 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE99F0

]]>Morning at the Great Fountain geyser along Firehole Lake Drive - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Morning at the Great Fountain 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE99F0 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9A0C

]]>Morning at the Great Fountain geyser along Firehole Lake Drive - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Morning at the Great Fountain 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9A0C Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:46 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9A50

]]>Morning at the Great Fountain geyser along Firehole Lake Drive - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Morning at the Great Fountain 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9A50 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9A84

]]>Morning at the Great Fountain geyser along Firehole Lake Drive - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Morning at the Great Fountain 5 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9A84 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:23:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9B02

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grand Geyser Eruption 14:15 Sept 13, 2012 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9B02 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:01 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9BF2

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Grand Geyser Eruption 14:15 Sept 13, 2012 (2) http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9BF2 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:03 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9C38

]]>Lion Geyser, so named for the roaring sound of it's eruptions...

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Lion Roars http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9C38 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:05 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9C68

]]>Lion Geyser and Heart Spring

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Lion's Heart http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9C68 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:13 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9D3A

]]>Lion Geyser and Heart Spring

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Lion's Heart 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9D3A Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:15 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9D74

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Beehive Geyser Eruption 15:51 Sept 13, 2012 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9D74 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:17 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9DAC

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Spasmodic Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9DAC Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:17 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9DC4

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Spasmodic Geyser 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9DC4 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:19 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9DEC

]]>Evening at the Great Fountain Geyser along Firehole Lake Drive

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Evening at the Great Fountain http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9DEC Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9E26

]]>Evening at the Great Fountain Geyser along Firehole Lake Drive

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Evening at the Great Fountain 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9E26 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:22 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9E50

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9E50 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9E7E

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9E7E Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:29 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9EF2

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9EF2 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:32 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9F4C

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9F4C Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:36 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9FB4

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser 5 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9FB4 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:38 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9FFC

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser 6 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EE9FFC Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:38 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA00E

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser 7 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA00E Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:39 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA036

]]>Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight Eruption of Great Fountain Geyser 8 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA036 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:42 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA064

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Twilight at White Dome Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA064 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:44 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA098

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Night Sky Scenic Star Trails Over White Dome Geyser http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA098 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA10A

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Firehole Falls http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA10A Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:50 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA14E

]]>This lovely cascade is upriver of Firehole Falls, near where Firehole Lake Drive means the main Great Loop - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Firehole Cascades http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA14E Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:52 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA178

]]>This lovely cascade is upriver of Firehole Falls, near where Firehole Lake Drive means the main Great Loop - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Firehole Cascades 2 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA178 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:53 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA19E

]]>This lovely cascade is upriver of Firehole Falls, near where Firehole Lake Drive means the main Great Loop - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Firehole Cascades 3 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA19E Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:54 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA1BE

]]>This lovely cascade is upriver of Firehole Falls, near where Firehole Lake Drive means the main Great Loop - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Firehole Cascades 4 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA1BE Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:57 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA21A

]]>This lovely cascade is upriver of Firehole Falls, near where Firehole Lake Drive means the main Great Loop - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Firehole Cascades 5 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA21A Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:24:59 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA238

]]>This lovely cascade is upriver of Firehole Falls, near where Firehole Lake Drive means the main Great Loop - Yellowstone National Park

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Waterfalls Scenic Firehole Cascades 6 http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEA238 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:25:00 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEAA0A

]]>Smoke from the Cygnet Complex Fires combines with morning fog and frost for a surreal sunrise over a meadow along the Virginia Cascades Drive.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunrise Scenic Smoke & Fog http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEAA0A Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:26:21 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEB886

]]>Fall plumage in the yellow, orange and red colors of flames

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Plants Scenic Fall Fire http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEB886 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:02 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEB8AA

]]>Fiery fireweed on an island in Sylvan Lake

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Plants Scenic Fiery Fireweed http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEB8AA Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:03 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBAD4

]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Cygnet Complex Plume http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBAD4 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:20 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBAEA

]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Cygnet Complex Plume http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBAEA Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:23 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBB2E

]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Cygnet Complex Plume http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBB2E Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:24 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBB4C

]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Cygnet Complex Plume http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBB4C Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:25 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBB60

]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Cygnet Complex Plume http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBB60 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:35 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBC70

]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Cygnet Complex Plume http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBC70 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:29:40 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEBCE4

]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

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]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

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]]>Smoke plume of the Cygnet Complex of Wild Fires

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]]>Flames of the Cygnet Complex of wild fires - September 2012

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]]>Flames of the Cygnet Complex of wild fires - September 2012

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Landscapes Scenic Sawgrass Bog http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43EEC018 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:30:16 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43F587F6

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]]>In the meadow above Virginia Cascades... watching the active Cygnet Complex fires from where I could watch the smoke plumes without being socked in smoke. I was mesmerized by the braiding of the white, gray and black streams of smoke. Over the 9 minutes in the video below, the fire grew considerably.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Cygnet Complex Fires Video http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e43FA94D2 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 22:26:14 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6DAD6

]]>I was torn between watching the show on the ground - a bull elk patrolling a large harem of cow elk -- and this show in the sky.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Sunset Scenic October Twilight Delight http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6DAD6 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:43:58 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F058

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Electric Peak in the Clouds http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F058 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:47:47 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F084

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]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Swan Lake Flats Fall Rainbow http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F084 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:47:48 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F0A0

]]>The colors of Palette Terrace - Mammoth Hot Springs

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Colorful Palette http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F0A0 Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:47:51 GMT http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F0F6

]]>The colors of Palette Terrace - Mammoth Hot Springs

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]]>Not too long ago, the Upper Terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs was flowing with water and colorful with thermophile algae and bacteria. Where the water stops flowing the calcium carbonate soon becomes bleached.

]]> katie@bigskycountry.net (Big Sky Country) Parched Terraces http://www.bigskycountry.net/yellowstonelandscapes/e50B6F12A Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:47:54 GMT