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WALKING TOURS OF PORCELAIN BASIN

editor — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 07:28:00 +0000

NOTE: Consult the Norris Geyser Basin map, 229, for Porcelain Basin’s walkways. Porcelain Basin Overview Approaching from the parking lot, turn right and pass through the museum breezeway to visit Porcelain Basin, or stop to visit the museum’s geological exhibits. The far side of the breezeway affords a panoramic view of the basin and of Mt. Holmes about 10 miles (16 km) beyond. The acres of geyser-ite and acid-leached lava here give the ground the texture and colors of fine pastel tableware. Porcelain Basin is aptly named, since geyserite is made of silica, Porcelain Basin below the Norris Museum. and

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Norris Geyser Basin in the History of Yellowstone

editor — Sun, 26 Jun 2016 20:48:00 +0000

None of the famous early expeditions visited this geyser basin. It was not until 1872 that a man named Eugene S. Topping and his companion happened to notice steam rising far to the south from the top of Observation Peak (their name for present-day Bunsen Peak near Mammoth). Topping and party were the first known visitors to the area, but Superintendent Norris, for whom the basin is named, was the first to explore and describe it fully a few years later. Now there’s no hotel at Norris, but a succession of facilities followed each other in this area in the

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