Yellowstone

We spent a couple of days in Yellowstone taking hundreds of pictures. I've rejected most of them and am making you only look at a few of them.

Thanks for looking.

But before the pictures, here are links to two more sets of photos. Yep, this is a trilogy. Or a triptych. See all three for the price of one !!

Wyoming ... we passed thru Wyoming on the way in and out of Yellowstone. Some pretty scenery.
Colors in Yellowstone are pretty weird and a bit scary. You must see this.

You know it's Yellowstone

The classic pics that tell you where you are. For example, a fly fisherperson near a geyser.

And here a bison stands by a river near geysers.

Or a geyser pouring into the river.

Or some geese at dawn.

You get the idea

Mud geyers.

More fly fisherpeople

More geysers

A hot spring by Yellowstone Lake

And dead trees in geyser fields

Here is an extinct mud volcano which as turned to travertine

And a travertine face

Waterfalls

And Cyndi enjoying this waterfall

Rock Faces and Rivers

My favorite

Or maybe this is my favorite

And more fly fisherpeople. Cyndi in the distance

Obsidian Cliffs

We had to stop here, where molten lava of the right type poured out forming these cliffs of largely obsidian. We had to just look, not take ... for if we and everyone were to take a piece of obsidian home, well in about 3 or 4 hundred million years there would be no obsidian left for our descendants to enjoy.

Oh well, I find plenty of obsidian when I walk in the desert near Santa Fe.

Cyndi found a piece of obsidian she wants to take home. I think she is pointing at the entire cliff. Thank god I had seen the "No Collecting" sign.

Encrusted Obsidian

Tourists

Another way to tell you are in Yellowstone is by the tourists. We were in the off season, so tourists were relatively scarce.

My Favorite Tourist

As I said, it was the off-season, so when we arrived at Yellowstone's least popular campsite at 9:00am, we were able to find an open site. The last open site. The one next to the toilet. The pit toilet.

Actually, it was fine and nearby we had a nice view of Lewis Lake. Fisherpeople here, too

Cyndi

I'll end with the best.

Yellowstone Colors

Besides the standard colors of Yellowstone ... the tranquil blue sky and green trees and the soon to be deathly silence of snow ... there are the vibrant, exciting and disturbing colors of geysers, fumaroles, hot springs and rocks corroded by volcanic gas. So here are some pictures of colors ... just colors with little context.

But before we get to these, let me give you links to two related posts so you can enjoy even more of my excessive pictures.

Traditional pictures of Yellowstone
Wyoming Scenery we encountered on our way in and out of Yellowstone.

Toxic Colors of Geysers

Yellowstone Canyon

Here volcanic gases corroded the basalt, leaving behind easily eroded rock that the Yellowstone River carved into a 800 foot deep canyon. Lots of color in the canyon walls. And you might see why this is called "yellow stone".

Wait a minute ... how did that last pic get in here? That is my wife, not a rock ... I think ...