Yellowstone - North Loop - Day 2
The Sheepeater Cliffs are a series of exposed cliffs made up of columnar basalt in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The lava was deposited about 500,000 years ago during one of the periodic basaltic floods in Yellowstone Caldera, and later exposed by theGardner River.
Mud Volcano is a bubbling spring of mud created from a high acidity area of nearly pH 1.2. Moisture in the ground determines how quickly the mud bubbles up and how many bubbles there are.
The Boiling River is created where a large hot spring enters the Gardner River, allowing the hot and cool waters to mix into a temperature comfortable enough to bathe in. The natural hot tub makes a great place to stop and relax while soaking in the warm water and soaking up the natural beauty of Yellowstone.
At the lake |
Yellowstone - South Loop - Day 1
- Yellowstone was the world’s first national park
- Yellowstone is home to half of the world’s geothermal features
- Yellowstone is home to the most remote spot in the lower 48 states
Yellowstone National Park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too.
Erruption |
A lot of people watch the erruption |
Around the park |
Formed over thousands of years of erosion caused by wind, water and other natural forces, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the primary attraction in Canyon Village and one of the most popular hiking areas in the park. The canyon stretches approximately 20 miles long and about half a mile wide. Just as remarkable as the canyon's terra-cotta hued cliff walls is the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, which is nearly 1,000 feet deep, and earns the title of longest undammed river in the country, meandering for more than 600 miles through Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota.
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