Comma butterfly
He needs to eat an awful lot of grass
Reflections in Yellowstone Lake
Beauty on beauty
Soaring
Fall in the Rockies
Took my breath away
Ornamental Cabbages
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Surrounded by colour
Hiding in the creek
Hot spring in action
Grand Prismatic Spring
Is it real?
Hooded Merganser at his finest
Ring-billed Gull
Common Sargeant / Athyma perius
Silver and gold
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At the edge of the Glenmore Reservoir
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Hot spring abstract
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In need of a little help
Not the winter "white stuff"
Red
Richness in every way
Just for the record
Beautiful setting for a fine lady
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Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park
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Loving those fall colours
Thanksgiving dinner for a hungry Tiger cub
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Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs


Such amazing formations can be seen at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park. I thought it would be so easy to remember, or at least place on a map, each of the different formations we saw and photographed. However, I'm finding it more difficult than I thought, especially as many of the formations change over the years and so other photos on the Internet often look different. I think this was Minerva Terrace, but would really appreciate it if anyone out there can either confirm or correct my ID - thanks!
I visited Mammoth Hot Springs and the rest of Yellowstone National Park 30+ years ago, when my kids were very young. Loved Mammoth Hot Springs, so was thrilled to get the chance to see this fascinating area again.
"Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park ... It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas... A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption. They are sometimes confused with volcanic craters."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Hot_Springs
For a diagram of the Hot Springs layout:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MammothHotSprings.JPG
Map of Yellowstone National Park:
hfc.nps.gov/carto/PDF/YELLmap2.pdf
I visited Mammoth Hot Springs and the rest of Yellowstone National Park 30+ years ago, when my kids were very young. Loved Mammoth Hot Springs, so was thrilled to get the chance to see this fascinating area again.
"Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park ... It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas... A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption. They are sometimes confused with volcanic craters."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Hot_Springs
For a diagram of the Hot Springs layout:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MammothHotSprings.JPG
Map of Yellowstone National Park:
hfc.nps.gov/carto/PDF/YELLmap2.pdf
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