RHH's photos with the keyword: upper terraces

Glen Spring is a currently active hot spring along the Upper Terrace Drive in Yellowstone National Park's Mammoth Hot Springs area. Remember, we are touring Yellowstone and are following the Grand Loop Road counterclockwise Grand Loop is the upper loop of Yellowstone's main road which forms a rough figure "8". Just south of the village of Mammoth and the Lower Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs is a short one-way drive through the Upper Terraces and this spring is one of the features there. The drive is narrow and winding and buses, and large vehicles are not allowed on the road. The inset photos show the following: 1) Another view of Glen Spring, shown here. 2) Orange Mound Spring, a huge mound of travertine that is usually thermally active and one of the main features of this drive through the Upper Terraces. 3) White Elephant Terrace, another active area and prominent feature of the Upper Terraces Drive. 4) Black-billed Magpie looking for food and keeping an eye on us. 5) A Double-striped Bluet Dameselfly resting on a lump of travertine.

Orange Mound Spring is one of the features of the Upper Terraces Drive in Yellowstone National Park. There is a small parking area there and boardwalks around the spring.

This is another view of Glen Spring, an active hot spring along the Upper Terraces Drive near Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park.

These geothermally active terraces are found along the Upper Terrace Drive near Mammoth in Yellowstone National Park. They have grown a great deal in the past few years and are very active.

This Black-billed Magpie, a common bird in our area, was photographed in Yellowstone National Park, near Mammoth Hot Springs. He was looking for food but keeping and eye on us.

This Double-striped Bluet Dameselfly was photographed on a lump of travertine in Yellowstone National Park's Mammoth Hot Springs. The photo was taken by my wife.

These Rocky Mountain Juniper berries were photographed along the Upper Terraces Loop at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

White Elephant Terrace is along the Upper Terraces Loop, a one-way road that runs through an area of geothermal activity at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

Orange Spring Mound is along the Upper Terraces Drive at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. It's color is due to orange-tinted cyanobacteria which grow in the water that trickles from the mound. The inset photos are of White Elephant Terrace, just a little ways from Orange Spring, and of some Juniper berries growing nearby.

Canary Spring is part of the lower terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. This is the lower part of the spring which runs down a massive wall of old deposits.

This is Canary Spring, part of the lower terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. It is a very active geothermal area and worth the short walk required to see it at its best.

This is the top of Canary Spring in the main terraces area of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. It had become much higher since we last saw it a year and half ago and continues to be one of the most active areas in the terraces.

This is a close-up shot of Canary Spring, one of the most active and beautiful areas of the terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

Canary Spring is one of the most areas at Mammoth Hot Springs at present. It is on the south end of the main terraces and had grown considerably since last we saw it. Mammoth Hot Springs is one of the most scenic areas of Yellowstone National Park and is near the north entrance to the park.

Here is the view back over the main terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs from the trail to Canary Spring.

These dead trees, killed by the hot water of the hot springs at Mammoth, are near Canary Spring on the south end of the Main Terraces.

For the past number of years Canary Spring has been one of the most active areas in the Main Terraces. It is on the south end of the Main Terraces and a short walk is required to see it at its best. This is the top of Canary Spring.

Orange Spring Mound is along the Upper Terraces Drive in Yellowstone National Park. I do not remember ever seeing it inactive all the times we've been in Yellowstone. The Upper Terraces are part of the Mammoth Hot Springs area at the north end of the park, an area whose thermal activity is always changing.