July 2020 - Yellowstone

Part 2 of our pictures from Yellowstone (Part 1 was here).

Here are pictures of the most popular places in the park: Grand Prismatic Spring, and Old Faithful. It was exciting to see Old Faithful go off, right on schedule!

Continue with part 3 here.

The river surrounded by hot springs		The steam from the springs filled the air
The river surrounded by hot springs		The steam from the springs filled the air
A very misty spring in the early morning	Deep blue water beneath the steam	Incredible fine structure near the grand prismatic spring
A very misty spring in the early morning	Deep blue water beneath the steam	Incredible fine structure near the grand prismatic spring
The edge of grand primatic spring		Incredible colors!
The edge of grand primatic spring		Incredible colors!
	Grand Prismatic Spring, from above	Really putting off a lot of steam in the early morning!
	Grand Prismatic Spring, from above	Really putting off a lot of steam in the early morning!
You can see the color of the Grand Prismatic Spring in the steam	The contrast in steam color between Grand Prismatic and its neighbor	Remnants of trees on the edge of the spring
You can see the color of the Grand Prismatic Spring in the steam	The contrast in steam color between Grand Prismatic and its neighbor	Remnants of trees on the edge of the spring
Steam popping up everywhere	Yellowstone in a nutshell: hot springs surrounded by verdant valleys	A spring sputtering among the wildflowers
Steam popping up everywhere	Yellowstone in a nutshell: hot springs surrounded by verdant valleys	A spring sputtering among the wildflowers
A mud volcano smoking away	There are a lot of nice boardwalks throughout the springs
A mud volcano smoking away	There are a lot of nice boardwalks throughout the springs
Trees that couldn't handle the hot spring	A beautiful blue spring	A pink mud pit
Trees that couldn't handle the hot spring	A beautiful blue spring	A pink mud pit
	A lot of steam!	The incredible mammoth hot springs
	A lot of steam!	The incredible mammoth hot springs
There are large expanses of terraces that look like they must have been carved, and belong more in ancient Athens than in the wilderness
There are large expanses of terraces that look like they must have been carved, and belong more in ancient Athens than in the wilderness
	An old, dried up spring
	An old, dried up spring
	Incredible fine structure
	Incredible fine structure
Another colorful set of terraces		More quintessential Yellowstone
Another colorful set of terraces		More quintessential Yellowstone
A cone.	Looking down on Mammoth village	Our first look at Old Faithful - right after an eruption had finished
A cone.	Looking down on Mammoth village	Our first look at Old Faithful - right after an eruption had finished
The Old Faithful village	Around the corner from old faithful, a lovely river and green forest - you'd never know it was right next to a geyser basin	A really rapidly bubbling hot spring
The Old Faithful village	Around the corner from old faithful, a lovely river and green forest - you'd never know it was right next to a geyser basin	A really rapidly bubbling hot spring
Quite the volcano!	There was a great series of boardwalks around all the geysers and hot springs	A really beautiful spring
Quite the volcano!	There was a great series of boardwalks around all the geysers and hot springs	A really beautiful spring
The heat of the day made the water look so appealing - no idea what its temp was though!	Some great color on the edge of the spring
The heat of the day made the water look so appealing - no idea what its temp was though!	Some great color on the edge of the spring
Another very active spring	And another	Such color!
Another very active spring	And another	Such color!
	So many beautiful springs and geysers in the Old Faithful basin	Along with the not-beautiful-but-still-interesting mud volcanos
	So many beautiful springs and geysers in the Old Faithful basin	Along with the not-beautiful-but-still-interesting mud volcanos
	Back at Old Faithful, waiting for the scheduled eruption	Thar she blows! At the early end of the eruption window, good thing we were there early
	Back at Old Faithful, waiting for the scheduled eruption	Thar she blows! At the early end of the eruption window, good thing we were there early
	Our final lunch in Yellowstone
	Our final lunch in Yellowstone