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| MYSTIC POOL |
We
are re-visiting places we have seen in the past as this is probably
the last time we will see Yellowstone – sob, sob!
So
on Saturday we drove to Norris Geyser Basin, this strange beautiful
place is on the edge of a giant volcano, the Yellowstone Volcano –
one of the largest on earth. This is a world of heat and gases, where
microorganisms live in such massive numbers they add colour to the
landscape.
Such
an amazing experience to walk both Back Basin and Porcelain Basin.
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| MUDHOLE |
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| PEARL GEYSER |
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STEAMBOAT GEYSER
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On
to Midway Geyser Basin, mainly to see Grand Prismatic Spring, sadly
the wind was blowing the steam so much we did not see it in all its
splendour, but we had seen it before! It was still stunning and
mysterious.
And
so to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, again a repeat visit and we
seemed to have picked the same time of day as the sun was just in the
wrong place as my photos were exactly the same – they seem to look
like a painting! Such wonderful views though.
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| ARTIST POINT AS SUN GOES DOWN |
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| UPPER FALLS OF THE GRAND CANYON OF YELLOWSTONE |
The
end of the day found us at Hayden Valley – renowned for its evening
wildlife. Sure enough there were the groups of folk with their super
scopes. We talked with a young couple from Devon who come every year
and they were keen to show us what they had in their scope.....two
wolves! Fantastic watching them, one ran down the hill to a bison and
we thought it was going to attack but the bison faced it then ran
off. We tracked them along the valley, they were about a mile away so
my photos do not do them justice but at least I got something! The
couple left and moved in the direction of the wolves and we went the
other way but caught up with them on our way back and at last my
first view of a bear!!! Now for those don't know me, my passion is
bears, black or grizzly – I just love them. This was our first view
of one this visit, we had missed a couple of bear jams during the day
but hey had gone by the time we got to the spot. So this was superb
even though he was about a mile and half away – a big grizzly just
ended the perfect day!
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| SEE THE TWO WOLVES TO THE LEFT OF THE BISON -ONE DARK AND ONE LIGHT COLOURED |
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| THE TWO WOLVES AGAIN - THESE PHOTOS ARE VERY GRAINY BUT THEY WERE A LONG WAY AWAY! |
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