Lets fast forward a bit, I still have a ton of photos of Yellowstone, but things might get a bit boring if I continue with them, so let's move on to...
Jackson, Wyoming, is a small town located in the Jackson Hole valley located south of Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park. In the last couple of years, the town has gone from an actual cowboy town to an upper class ski resort, which results in a combination of great western stores and sushi bars.
For superb boots and an excellent service, visit Stone's Mercentile. They have an enormous collection of boots and hats. I bought a pair of Nocona...
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I'm a bit low on inspiration at the the moment, so I'm just gonna do a quick post with some more pictures from Yellowstone National Park and short descriptions.
The first picture shows a dead tree in Mammoth Hot Springs, killed by the calcium carbonate dissolved in the hot spring water. Mammoth is a large hill of travertine that has been created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate. Each day over 2 tons of calcium carbonate flows into Mammoth.
Dead Tree in Mammoth Hot Springs | Location on map
The second picture is taken at Grand Prismatic...
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When water falls as snow or rain on the Yellowstone Plateau , it slowly percolates through layers of porous rock. Sinking to a depth of nearly 3300 meters (10000 feet), it comes in contact with the hot rocks of the magma chamber under the surface. The water is cooked and becomes superheated (200°C or 400°F) while remaining in its liquid state due to the pressure pushing down on it from rocks and water.
Because the superheated water is less dense, it starts its journey back to the surface, where it forms a hot spring when pressure and heat energy which gets released slowly.
Yellowstone Hot Spring...
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Yellowstone National Park, named after the Yellowstone River which flows through the park, is the first National Park of the United States, founded in 1872. The park is known for its wildlife and geothermal features as seen on the pictures in this post. The geothermal features of the park are caused by the Yellowstone Caldera, which is the largest volcanic system in North America. It has been termed a "supervolcano" because the caldera was formed by exceptionally large explosive eruptions.
Chinese Spring, Yellowstone N.P. | Location on map
The current caldera was created by an enormous eruption...
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