Geysers, bison, and other sights of Yellowstone
Yellowstone is the first national Park in the world and also the largest of all national parks in North America. For nearly 150 years of existence, it is visited by millions of people. The Park is world famous for its geysers there are over three thousand, or two-thirds of the total number of geysers in the world. Yellowstone — the owner of a unique flora and fauna. Numerous tourists are attracted to the Park, hundreds of thousands of wild animals, waterfalls, lakes, hot springs, and incredible views.
We have collected the most interesting and beautiful attractions of the Park.
Steamboat geyser (Steamboat Geyser), or Boat, is the largest geyser in the world, although he is much less famous geyser Old faithful erupting regularly.
Rainbow at the base of the Lower Falls and canyon of the Yellowstone river. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Lonely tree on a flooded island in the lake Yellowstone. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Tourists watching the Old faithful geyser erupting every 90 minutes. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
The elk herd in the Hayden valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Inebrya Jamaican white-headed duck on the lake Floating island. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Play grizzly bears in the snow in the Hayden valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Views of a hot spring Morning Glory. In its cool waters thrive brown, orange and yellow algae, bacteria, due to which colors flow from turquoise to greenish-brown. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
Grand prismatic spring — the largest in the United States and the third largest in the world — is also in Yellowstone national Park. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
The mountain of Absaroka County in the North-East of the Park at sunset. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Bison cross the Yellowstone river. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Bison coming out of the Yellowstone river. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Tourists watching the wolves in the Hayden valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Chipmunk like in yoga, and in fact, begs, trying to pull food from tourists. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
The trees on the Bank of the Yellowstone river. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Fisherman on the river Fagerhol. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Happy wolf with a pair of moose legs after a successful hunt in the Hayden valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Grand prismatic spring. The size of the source of about 75 to 91 m, depth — 49 m, emissions of water (temperature of 71 °C) to approximately 2000 l / min. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
A detailed snapshot of the Grand prismatic spring. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
River through the Hayden valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Bear in Rainy lake, near the falls, tower falls. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
The steam from the geysers and thermal springs in the Park. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
In the Park you can go camping, and easily spend a few days — will be enough interest for a long time.
The eruption of the geyser Old faithful. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
A herd of bison in the Lamar valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Shadow aspen crumbling cliff-side from the fibrous basalt. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Deer elk, near the Madison in the territory of the Yellowstone Park. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
View of the Lower falls in the Grand canyon. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
The people at the 93-meter waterfall. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Buffalo rubs against a fire hydrant at the hotel Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel in the Park. (Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
Water on the ever-changing Mammoth hot springs. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Small bisonic in the herd in the valley Lamar. In the Park live about three thousand Buffalo. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Gray wolf with cubs in the Park. (Reuters/National Park Service)
Silica from geysers (foreground) and partly frozen river Yeloustouna (rear). (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
Bear baribal in a meadow near Rainy lake. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Hot spring sunset on the lake, framed by the unique colors from bacteria thermophiles that turn the source in turquoise and green colors. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
Boiling mud and water in Yellowstone national Park. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
Night eruption of the geyser Old faithful. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Fox hunting near Tayer falls. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Boulders settled long ago, in the Lamar valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Bear on a bridge across the Yellowstone river near the Lamar valley. (Reuters/Jim Urquhart)
Keywords: Volcano | Nature | Yellowstone | Geyser | Waterfall | National Park