Another massive photo post

So here are a smattering of the photos that I’ve taken since I got to Yellowstone. The last couple weeks of May here, there was still a lot of snow cover on the ground.

Between the Tower and Canyon areas

Between Tower and Canyon

Right after getting here, Manny and I drove through as much of the park as we could before I started working.  The canyon area was really pretty, and this is one of the more famous views of the park (but with snow!)

Waterfall at Canyon

Thomas Moran painted this waterfall from what is now known as Artist Point, to which I will hopefully be hiking at some point this summer.  Also, we went by Beryl Spring, so named for the vivid color it exhibits.

Beryl Spring

One of the cool things I get to do while working here is Bookmobile, which means that I get paid to drive around the park all day once a month.  Win.  On my first venture out, I took a picture of Old Faithful erupting from the Bookmobile site near the geyser:

Old Faithful as seen from the Old Faithful Clinic.

One of the really cool sites that’s near to the dorms is Sheepeater Cliff – when the Sheepeater tribe was still around (before they were presumably absorbed by the Shoshone) they lived by this feature, which was obviously created by volcanic activity.  They were the only tribe that is thought to have lived in the Yellowstone area continuously for a significant amount of time.

Sheepeater Cliff

The following are a few photos of the Norris Geyser Basin:

Norris Geyser Basin wide view

Scary unstable part of boardwalk.

Thermophiles in the geyser water

Constant Geyser - or, "Not so constant geyser" since it never erupted while we were there.

Then we went to the Artist Paint Pots with some pretty cool mud pots … although this one did spit on my foot, which at geyser temperatures really hurts.  In the future, always wear close-toed shoes to mud pots.

Artist Paint Pots

And before I close out this post, I’ll leave you with pictures from the snow we got in June.  It didn’t stick for very long, but it was pretty while it lasted.

Snow in June outside the dorms.

Snow in June

The next photo entry, when I have reliable and fast internet to get around to it, will have more wildlife, but there’s a lot of geothermal areas in the park to cover, so that’s that.  I will hopefully be back soon with more pictures!

~ by Jess on July 20, 2009.