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West Thumb Geyser Basin Walking Tour

editor — Thu, 30 Jun 2016 02:00:00 +0000

The boardwalk around West Thumb Geyser Basin is about one-half mile (0.8 km) long. It takes you to the main portion of this basin, which has few geysers but is outstanding for its scenic setting and beautiful hot springs. Since there is less sulfur in the chemical mix brought up from below, the rotten egg smell so common to other basins is less strong here. In some seasons and some years, the colors in and around the hot springs are spectacular. Thermal features are changeable, however, so if the colors you see are rather ordinary at the time you’re here,

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Yellowstone Extension to Black Sand Pool

editor — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 23:30:00 +0000

Yellowstone Extension to Black Sand Pool 7 If you continue west where the two walkways around Daisy become one, you’ll see the white Pyramid (or White Throne), the cone of an extinct geyser, across the meadow to the north. At its base is small but active Pyramid Geyser. A little farther west is the almost perfectly circular Punch Bowl Spring. The center of this beautiful spring boils a foot or so above its rim, which is nearly 2 feet (0.6 m) in height. It overflows constantly, creating a colorful runoff channel. It’s a short distance to Black Sand Pool, the

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West Thumb Geyser Basin

editor — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:00:00 +0000

Walking toward the lake from the parking lot, stay to the right to find the Thumb Paint Pots . The paint pots were named Mud Puffs originally and perhaps more appropriately. The mud is formed by the action of sulfuric acid in the water on the rock it passes through. Historically, the pastel colors here were reported to be remarkable. Now they are duller at best and, depending on recent rainfall, vary from appearing like a muddy pond to just a dry area with a few mounds. Seismograph and Bluebell pools, on a spur to the right, differ from each

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Norris Geyser Basin

editor — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Give yourself a few hours at Norris Geyser Basin for a walk through a thermal area very different from all the others in the park. A ranger-interpreter is often roving in Norris Geyser Basin during daylight hours, and it’s always worthwhile for a visitor to go along with him or her to learn what’s currently interesting in the basin. The features at Norris change so rapidly that only someone on the spot almost daily can keep up. S© (4) D The short Norris Geyser Basin side road goes directly west from Norris Junction. At road’s end, you’ll find restrooms and

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Great Fountain Geyser

editor — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 01:20:00 +0000

NOTE: The mileage from the beginning of this side road is given in parentheses. Grand Loop Road mileage continues where Firehole Lake Drive rejoins it. © All thermal features are accessible tance is 10,336-foot (3150 m) Mount 8.2/8.8 Ha©(2) Fountain Paint Pot. Closest parking area entrance for those heading north. 9.0/8.0 White Creek crossing; Firehole Lake Drive begins. This side road runs one way south to north along this drive. (0.0) The dead pines standing in this marshy area have white socks, a result of absorbing silica from the hot spring runoff water surrounding their roots. You can tell that

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