Cut into Time

Cut into Time

At Artist Point, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone shows its spectacular natural painting of pastel-colored canyon walls and the impressive Lower Fall waterfall.The Yellowstone River originates in the Absaroka Range in southeastern Yellowstone, flows through...
Exhale into Space

Exhale into Space

At new moon the Milky Way rises above Shell Geyser in the Biscuit Basin of Yellowstone. The geyser expels boiling water and hot gases into the cold air. The steam cloud joins the Milky Way as if the geyser is exhaling into space.The geyser erupts in five minute...
Coming to Life

Coming to Life

Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone is located in the Midway Geyser Basin and is teeming with the microbial life of thermophilic bacteria. These photosynthetically active microorganisms produce the vivid colors of this up to 70° hot spring. The color zonation marks...
Aftermath of Creation

Aftermath of Creation

Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone is the worlds largest geyserite sinter cone.This sinter cone is thousands of years old, sitting on an even older platform and is the largest sinter formation in the world. Castle erupts every 13 hours for 20...
Quicksilver

Quicksilver

The geothermal area of the Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most dynamic part in the in volcanic caldera of Yellowstone. It is located near the northwest edge of the caldera where major faults in the earth crust faults intersect with the ring fracture zone that...