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Old Faithful
MapIf you watch Ken Burn's National Parks series, you'll know one of the reasons for creating Yellowstone was to make sure it didn't "turn into another Niagra Falls." Sorry Nps, but I think you pretty much failed there.
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Something is alive ahead
MapDoesn't matter what it is -- elk, moose, coyote, grizzly -- there will be a traffic jam.
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Elk
MapNot what was at the traffic jam in the previous photo, but naturally this one had stopped traffic too.
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More Elk
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Boiling Mud
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Blue Steam
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Turquoise Pool
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Opal Pool
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Ripple Colors
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Grand Prismatic Spring II
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Grand Prismatic Spring III
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Prismatic Pano
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Excelsior Geyser Crater
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Wall Pool
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Sapphire Pool
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Drainage
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Runoff
MapNever stuck my foot in near the geysers, but even miles down stream Firehole river is well into the 70s.
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Detail
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Sunset Lake Pool Pano
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Miniature Grand Canyon
MapUnderwater Grand Canyon. Maybe the Mariana Trench would be the better comparison.
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Norris Geyser Basin
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Congress Pool
MapMy favorite name in Yellowstone, this ugly, stinking, roiling grey cesspool is named Congress Pool.
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The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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Lower Yellowstone Falls
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Buffalo
MapWe bonded. Or he looked at me, contemplated charging, decided he was too lazy and went back to eating. Which is Bison for bonding.
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Grizzly with cubs
MapAt least half a mile away, the way I like my grizzly beers. Especially mother's with cubs. I mean, the scientific name is Ursus arctos horribilis. Horribilis.
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Yellowstone River
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River, Flowers
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Tetons from Yellowstone
MapThey say you can see the Tetons from up to 150 miles in every direction.
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Mule Deer
MapTaken in very low light, mainly so I could play with the new color noise tools in Lightroom 3. They actually work quite well.
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Full moon
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Yellowstone River and Falls
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Lower Falls, Canyon
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Yellowstone Canyon Colors
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Lower Falls
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