Yellowstone National Park

Watching Old Faithful Erupt At Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

"Watching Old Faithful Geyser erupt is a Yellowstone National Park tradition. People from all over the world have journeyed here to watch this famous geyser. The park’s wildlife and scenery might be as well-known today, but it was the unique thermal features like Old Faithful Geyser that inspired the establishment of Yellowstone as the world’s first national park in 1872."

Rebecca Latson

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By Rebecca Latson - March 31st, 2022 4:00am

Palette Hot Spring At Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park

Water flows in crisscrossing patterns down a steep ridge where colorful thermophiles create a changing palette dominated by hues of orange and brown.

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By Rebecca Latson - March 30th, 2022 4:00am

A Lone Coyote At Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

A lone coyote walking in the snow paralleling a boardwalk at Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park

You never know who or what you'll meet while walking a snowy boardwalk at Upper Geyser Basin.

Rebecca Latson

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By Rebecca Latson - March 29th, 2022 4:00am

Hoof And Paw Prints On The Shallow Terraces Of Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park

white paw and hoof prints on the shallow terraces of Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park

If you take a winter snowcoach or snowmobile tour to Midway Basin and walk on the boardwalk around the edges of Grand Prismatic Spring, you'll notice paw and hoof prints on the shallow terraces of the hot spring. That white you see is not snow, but silica. The hot thermal waters hold silica in solution, and when the water cools, the silica precipitates out.

Rebecca Latson

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By Rebecca Latson - March 28th, 2022 4:00am

Soda Butte And The Absaroka Mountains, Yellowstone National Park

Soda Butte travertine cone on a snowy winter day, with the Absaroka Mountains in the background, all beneath a sky filled with dark, stormy clouds in Yellowstone National Park.

Soda Butte is a "travertine calcium carbonate mound formed more than a century ago by a hot spring. Only small amounts of hydrothermal water and hydrogen sulfide gas currently flow from this once more prolific spring." Sometimes, you can smell the sulfur in the atmosphere around Soda Butte.

Rebecca Latson

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By Rebecca Latson - March 27th, 2022 4:00am

Long-Distance Hiking Trails Offer Room For Biodiversity Corridors

As climate change continues to alter habitats for plants and animals, and as the call for a national biodiversity strategy gets louder, the country's long-distance hiking trails could prove to be valuable corridors for species.

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By Kurt Repanshek - March 27th, 2022 2:45am

A Wolf On The Road In Yellowstone National Park

A lone wolf padding on the snowy road in Yellowstone National Park

You never know when serendipity will strike and you might see a lone wolf padding on the snowy road past your snowcoach.

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By Rebecca Latson - March 26th, 2022 4:00am

Bison On The Yellowstone Landscape, Yellowstone National Park

Several bison grazing on the snow-dusted landscape, wtih tall, rugged mountains in the background in Yellowstone National Park

Nothing says "Yellowstone" like an image of bison grazing on hilly land with tall, rugged, snow-dusted mountains in the background.

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By Rebecca Latson - March 25th, 2022 4:00am

Clepsydra Geyser Seen From Fountain Paint Pot Trail, Yellowstone National Park

A telephoto close-up of an erupting Clepsydra Geyser on a gray winter day along the Fountain Paint Pot Nature Trail in Yellowstone National Park

"This nearly constant performer splashes from several vents and its steam can be seen throughout the Lower Geyser Basin. Its name is Greek for water clock, and was given because the geyser used to erupt regularly every three minutes. Since the 1959 Hebgen earthquake, however, Clepsydra erupts almost without pause."

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By Rebecca Latson - March 24th, 2022 4:00am

Entering Porcelain Basin, Yellowstone National Park

People carefully walking down the snow-and-ice-packed boardwalk into Porcelain Basin, a part of the Norris Basin complex, Yellowstone National Park

During the winter, all roads are closed to personal vehicles, except for the road between the north and northeast entrances. To see the wonders of such places as Porcelain Basin, visitors to the park can reserve a seat on a snowcoach or snowmobile tour.

Rebecca Latson

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By Rebecca Latson - March 23rd, 2022 4:00am

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