RHH's photos with the keyword: geothermal

In our tour of Yellowstone National Park we are exploring the northwest quadrant of the lower loop and have come to the Artist's Paint Pots area. The area is small but has numerous geothermal features including the mud pots that give the area its name. The photo was taken on a chilly morning and shows how steamy these geyser basins can be on a such a morning.

These trees were killed not by fire but by geothermal activity. They are along the trail into the Fountain Paint Pots area of Yellowstone National Park.

This is one of the hot springs in the Artist's Paint Pots area of Yellowstone National Park. The pools of boiling mud are the main feature of this area, but there are small geysers and springs as well.

The thermal activity that has killed these trees is evident in the photo. The geothermal features in Yellowstone National Park change from year to year and when they arise in a new area they kill the vegetation.

This is another photo of Roaring Mountain on the west side of Yellowstone National Park. The photo, though a bit overexposed, shows the many steam vents on the mountain.

As you travel into Yellowstone National Park from the north you meet the main park road at the village of Mammoth where there is a hotel, an historic fort, various headquarters buildings and a few shops. In Mammoth the main road takes you south and west or east and south along the Grand Loop Road, the upper loop of the "figure 8" main road through Yellowstone. Heading south and a bit west and just outside of the village are the Mammoth Hot Springs Lower Terraces. There is a parking area below and in front of the terraces and boardwalks through the terraces which lead to the top and to the road which goes through the Upper Terraces. These photos are all from the Lower Terraces, one of the thermally active areas in the north of the park. The inset photos show the following: 1) the front of the terraces as they appear at present - thermal activity changes from year to year and at one time the whole front of the terraces was active while now only the southern end of the them is active. 2) Liberty Cap, a forty foot (12 m) high travertine cone that stands next to the terraces. 3) Palette Spring on the north end of the terraces, a spring that has not always been active the many times we've visited Yellowstone over the years. 4) An inactive area near Cleopatra Terrace - when an area become inactive then the travertine very soon begins to turn gray and crumble as is evident in this photo. 5) Cleopatra Terrace, an area that is very active at present and one of the most beautiful areas of the Lower Terraces. 6) A typical autumn early morning view over the terraces when the cool air and steam make it difficult to see. 7) a spring whose name I do not remember near the top of the Lower Terraces. The main photo was taken from the top of the terraces and looks back north over the terraces to the Gallatin Mountains.

These are Mammoth Hot Springs, the Lower Terraces, in Yellowstone National Park from the road that runs south into the park, the Grand Loop Road. The active area on the left is Canary Spring and the area to the right which used to be active is now dead, though that can change at any time

This ancient travertine cone stands near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park and is named for its fancied resemblance to the "liberty caps" worn by some during the French and American revolutions.

This is Palette Spring on the north end of the Lower Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. It is not always active.

This is an area of Mammoth Hot Springs that is, at present, geothermally inactive. When that happens the travertine very quickly turns gray and begins to crumble as is seen here.

This is rather typical on an autumn or spring morning in Yellowstone National Park. The cold air and hot thermal activity make for a great deal of steam, all smelling of sulfur.

This is Cleopatra Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs Lower Terraces in Yellowstone National Park. The springs are all named and this one is usually active and very beautiful.

I am unsure of the name of this hot spring located in the Lower Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. It may be Mound Spring or Jupiter Spring.

Finished at Black Sand Basin, we went on to the Upper Geyser Basin and hiked around there for a couple of hours. The Upper Geyser Basin is on the southwest side of Yellowstone National Park and is where Old Faithful spouts, though we did not go to that end of the basin, but rather followed the Firehole River to the north end of the basin. The thermal features that give the River its name can be sen in the photos.

Finished at Black Sand Basin, we went on to the Upper Geyser Basin and hiked around there for a couple of hours. The Upper Geyser Basin is on the southwest side of Yellowstone National Park and is where Old Faithful spouts, though we did not go to that end of the basin, but rather followed the Firehole River to the north end of the basin. The thermal features that give the River its name can be sen in the photos.

Finished at Black Sand Basin, we went on to the Upper Geyser Basin and hiked around there for a couple of hours. The Upper Geyser Basin is on the southwest side of Yellowstone National Park and is where Old Faithful spouts, though we did not go to that end of the basin, but rather followed the Firehole River to the north end of the basin. The thermal features that give the River its name can be sen in the photos.

Finished at Black Sand Basin, we went on to the Upper Geyser Basin and hiked around there for a couple of hours. The Upper Geyser Basin is on the southwest side of Yellowstone National Park and is where Old Faithful spouts, though we did not go to that end of the basin, but rather followed the Firehole River to the north end of the basin. The thermal features that give the River its name can be sen in the photos.

Beryl Spring is along the Gibbon River on the northwest side of Yellowstone National Park and is one of the stops we made driving south from Mammoth Hot Springs.