This is the other side of Castle geyser.
The pools look hot but not too inviting since you can see them boiling! Most of the pools had a funny cone shape at the bottom, and were really colorful. The orange you see is algae, the middles are usually really blue or maybe teal due to the heat of the water.
As you walk on the path they have created to keep people safe (the ground is not stable, some of it is so thin you might fall into a thermal area and get burned) you can see thru the trees all kinds of steam and water streaming because of all the activity underground.
This is the Morning Glory pool. My Grandma told me this was her favorite and so we searched it out and hiked (walked up the boardwalk) about a mile to see it - they say is is changing colors from a deep turquoise to green because it is cooling off due to the trash and things people have thrown in over the years. In the 1950's the geologist made it erupt to clear out the garbage and found lots of interesting things (like women's underwear).
The area is full of pools - none quite as spectacular as Morning Glory but very similar in color and the cone at the bottom.
On the path there are about 20- 25 different geysers and they can only predict about 7 or 8 of them. Some within about 10 mins and others within 6 hours either way.
We thought this baby one was cute - notice the orange algae growing as it empties into the river. I really wanted to put my hand in the river and see how much all the run off warms up the water but there was not a good place to do that.
I was fascinated to see if I could catch the bubbling of the water - it was boiling so fast and the smell was nasty.
This is at Shoshone Lake - it was a pull out to see the view and most of those were just beautiful!!
Of course the kids have to ham it up a little bit.....
On our way into the park we were stopped with construction and it started to hail - I loved the weather and have not been able to re-acclimatize to the AZ heat (115 degrees today!)
I will post more on Old Faithful in my next post and find the pictures - I was trying not to have 300 pictures in each post.
On the path there are about 20- 25 different geysers and they can only predict about 7 or 8 of them. Some within about 10 mins and others within 6 hours either way.
We thought this baby one was cute - notice the orange algae growing as it empties into the river. I really wanted to put my hand in the river and see how much all the run off warms up the water but there was not a good place to do that.
I was fascinated to see if I could catch the bubbling of the water - it was boiling so fast and the smell was nasty.
This is at Shoshone Lake - it was a pull out to see the view and most of those were just beautiful!!
Of course the kids have to ham it up a little bit.....
On our way into the park we were stopped with construction and it started to hail - I loved the weather and have not been able to re-acclimatize to the AZ heat (115 degrees today!)
I will post more on Old Faithful in my next post and find the pictures - I was trying not to have 300 pictures in each post.
3 comments:
I haven't been to these since I was 11 or 12, but I still remember clearly how fascinating they were. What I don't remember as clearly is how absolutely beautiful they are! I think it's time for us to take a trip to Yellowstone...
Thanks for sharing the pics.
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I love Yellowstone. We have gone every year since Daylen was about 1. This will be the first year we've skipped. It looks like you had tons of fun though.
Wow, I have never been there! It looks really cool! So glad I finally figured out how to find your blog!
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