2009 » Northern Midwestern National Park Tour

Dad and I spend two weeks in South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
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A shot of the road where the abandoned barn sits. This...
First stop in Yellowstone was Mammoth Hot Springs.
Liberty Cap is a 37-foot hot spring cone at the Hotel...
Mammoth is constantly growing and changing.
Water boiling up out of the spring deposits limestone in...
The entire hillside - several hundred feet tall - is...
The orange color is from algae and bacteria that live in...
Travertine weathers and crumbles quickly once a spring...
"Why don't the trees rot?" Apparently, the last thing...
This is a terrible shot, but it shows how brittle the...
Another shot showing how perilous the footing can be.
Mammoth Springs
One of the older formations. This was apparently a big...
Another view of an extinct spring. I believe they call...
Minerva terrace
About midway up the structure, looking back at the hotel...
Travertine detail
I love this stuff. What isn't obvious from photographs...
Old terraces

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