We started our tour at the West Entrance to the park, which took us to our first geysers. The park is very easily accessible for tourists; Yellowstone is paved with a highway running throughout and boardwalks built to walk out, sometimes over a mile, to see what nature has to offer. The reason everything is up on boardwalks is because underneath much of the ground runs boiling hot water. Yellowstone is atop a large amount of volcanic action, with tremendous eruptions occurring 2 million, then 1.3 million and again 640,000 years ago. We both went into Yellowstone with no expectations and were completely blown away.
Here is some of the evidence:
The steam rises up from the hot springs, pools, mudpots and geysers...
The colored water is water-saturated sediment, which looks like mud. The colors vary; we saw reds, pinks, greys and browns.
Check out the video of the mudpot above bubbling away:
We spotted some Mule Deer on the side of the road. We also saw some Bison and lots of Ravens. No bears!
Some of the pools are an intense blue color, more vibrant even than the picture could relate, because of all the steam covering it.
The geyser above was spewing water and steam at a constant rate.
Check it out in action!
Above is the ground surrounding the area of a hot spring.
Some of these pools go incredibly deep...
The park is also home to several large waterfalls and cascades, like the one below:
Old Faithful!
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