Yellowstone National Park - part 2

We entered Yellowstone by West entrance, went down South, then visited Grand Teton and came back to Yellowstone, so at the end of this page you may follow us to Grand Teton, or continue . Free country !

The upper waterfall seen from Artist Point The nature itself of the ground is changing in Yellowstone From columnar basalt to wide prairies , from lava to granite, from soft yellow tuffs to hard red rocks from yellow tuff to pink tuff from wet canyons to dry cliffs to healthy forest showing the three tree generations These goats are called bighorn sheep not because of this one of course ! Once again, do you notice how the fur colour imitates the surrouding grass When they do not move, they are really hard to notice ! How to distinguish it from the rocks ? What is impressing to me as well, is the agility and the ease they exhibit on these steep slopes From a dry mountain to a hole in the ground , splashing boiling water ! Smelling sulphurs , hissing , gargling From a puddle of gargling water to a small volcano of hissing steam ! They also provoke a rain that stain cars and cameras due to high mineral content Constant in this variety, the smell ! Beuark ! Be brave ! Don't breathe and smile ! Well, this give a change of smell, a good one ! Notice the smoke on the left ? Do I have to say it ? They are potentially dangerous, but most of the time they are calm, placid ruminating, sleeping, walking to better pasture. But still so impressive ! Calm horizontal river landscape and ... agressive vertical cliff . From soft hay to columnar basalt Columnar basalt and river in canyon of volcanic tuff. Detail of previous corniche and mesa landscape . The hard basalt protects the soft tuff from the rains Green trees, blue river, yellow tuff on one side and pink on other side Which color defines best Yellowstone ? These ducks have an answer . And that squirrel too . I am not good at bird's name, ... ...so I'll let you guess ! How can they do this ? Yellowstone is as famous as this geyser : the Old Faithful . Erupting every 90 minutes approx, it propels up to 8400gal (32000L) of boiling water to an average height of 145 ft (44m) during 1.5 to 5 minutes. Old Faithful is not the tallest nor the largest, but the most predictable. Turquoise and orange/red ! What are Yellowstone colours ? Green and Yellow/brown Green and white. The high sulphur contents attacks some trees Wapitis of Mammoth Springs are so used to the city , they often rest on lawns I prefer the woods, and wilder animals even if they escape when we attempt to approach Green, yellow .... At this point, we are going to Grand Teton and will come back to Yellowstone . _ You may do the same ! _