RHH's photos with the keyword: back basin

Here is Tantalus Creek in the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

This is Crater Spring in the Back Basin at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park.

I believe this is Abandoned Cone Vent in the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone. Today it serves as a lead photo for some photos that show the details and colors of the hot springs, steam vents and other features of the Norris Geyser Basin. On another note, we are in a hotel in St. Ignace, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula. We photographed Mackinac Bridge last night after driving up to the straits and will be going on to Tahquamenon Falls and Pictured Rocks a little later.

The colors of Yellowstone's hot springs and pools are the colors of cyanobacteria. Here, for some reason the bacteria have died and left a black-ringed pool. If the pool has a name I do not remember it but it is in the Back Basin of norris Geyser Basin.

Tantalus Creek is a hot creek that runs through Back Basin at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone. It collects the hot water from the many thermal features in the area and carries it away. The colors are cyanobacteria in the water, the temperature of the water determining the color of the bacteria.

This is another hot spring in the Back Basin at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The colors of the spring are the colors of bacteria in the water, the color of the bacteria determined by he temperature of the water.

This steam vent is near Steamboat Geyser in the Back Basin at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone. It shows some of the colors of the bacteria that inhabit the hot springs and other thermal features of Yellowstone.

This is Emerald Spring in Yellowstone National Park's Norris Geyser Basin. That beautiful area is divided into two parts, Porcelain Basin and Back Basin. This spring is along the trails and boardwalks that wind through Back Basin. The insets show some of the other features of that basin.

When we visited Norris Geyser Basin in May this spring was empty, a sign that Steamboat spring had recently erupted. The two are connected in some way since after Steamboat erupts this spring drains and then gradually refills. I have a photo, taken in September that shows it full of water.

Here is a view over Back Basin at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The moss in the foreground grows where the hot water from the springs has cooled sufficiently to permit such growth. The photo was taken near Yellow Mud Spring.

Until 1989 Porkchop Geyser in Yellowstone National Park's Norris Geyser Basin (Back Basin) was a geyser that erupted continuously to height of thirty feet. Then in 1989 it blew up throwing rocks as far as 200 feet away. Since then it is just a quietly boiling pool.

This, if I remember correctly, Is Vixen Geyser in the Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone. It erupts unpredictably to a height of thirty feet and its activity has varied a great deal over the years.

This well-named creek carries away much of the runoff from the geysers and hot springs in the Back Basin at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone.

Norris Geyser Basin lies at the west end of the junction of the two loops of the main road in Yellowstone National Park. It is one of the more active areas in the park and is divided into two basins. The previous photos I posted were of Porcelain Basin to the north. Back Basin lies to the south, is much larger and has extensive trails and boardwalks. The main feature of the Back Basin is Steamboat Geyser, currently the world's tallest active geyser, reaching a height of 300 feet (91 meters). Until 2018 it erupted infrequently but in 2018 began to erupt more often. In 2018 there were 32 eruptions and there have already been 37 in 2019. The eruptions last as long as 40 minutes and are so powerful that there are warning signs in the parking area about the damage the hot, chemical-laden water can do to the finish on vehicles. We did not see a major eruption but even the minor eruptions, one of which is shown here, are impressive, reaching a height of 30-40 feet (10-12 meters). The inset photos show: 1) The vents out of which Steamboat Geyser erupts from another viewpoint. 2) The visitors' center and museum between Porcelain and Back Basins. 3) Another photo of Roaring Mountain which lies to the north of Norris (I've posted this to show what Roaring Mountain looks like when the steam vents are active, though the photo is not as good as I would have liked).

These are the vents our of which Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupts. Steamboat Geyser is the world's tallest active geyser at 300 feet (91 meters) and for the last two years has been erupting much more frequently.

This visitors' center and museum is in Norris Geyser Basin on the hill between Porcelain and Back Basins. A bit of Porcelain Basin is visible through the opening. Norris Geyser Basin is on the west side of Yellowstone National Park.

This creek, really just runoff from the geysers and hot springs, runs through the Back Basin at Norris, the most thermally active area in Yellowstone National Park. Like most of the geysers basins, this one is accessible by boardwalks.