Yellowstone National Park photos

Steam rises at sunrise in Norris Geyser Basin. Located at the intersection of three tectonic faults, Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most active geothermal area in Yellowstone National Park.
Location: Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 26943  

Steam rises at sunrise in Norris Geyser Basin. Located at the intersection of three tectonic faults, Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most active geothermal area in Yellowstone National Park.
Location: Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 26944  

Gibbon River meanders through Gibbon Meadows, sunrise and clouds reflected in the calm waters.
Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 26946  

Fly fisherman wading in the Madison River, fall, autumn.
Location: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19590  

Elk rest in tall grass during the midday heat, Gibbon Meadow.
Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis
Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13157  

The Yellowstone River flows through the Hayden Valley.
Location: Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13347  

Castle Geyser erupts with the colorful bacteria mats of Tortoise Shell Spring in the foreground. Castle Geyser reaches 60 to 90 feet in height and lasts 20 minutes. While Castle Geyser has a 12 foot sinter cone that took 5,000 to 15,000 years to form, it is in fact situated atop geyserite terraces that themselves may have taken 200,000 years to form, making it likely the oldest active geyser in the park. Upper Geyser Basin.
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13418  

Grand Geyser (right), Turban Geyser (center) and Vent Geyser (left) erupt in concert. An apron of bacteria covered sinter occupies the foreground when water from the eruptions flows away. Grand Geyser is a fountain-type geyser reaching 200 feet in height and lasting up to 12 minutes. Grand Geyser is considered the tallest predictable geyser in the world, erupting about every 12 hours. It is often accompanied by burst or eruptions from Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser just to its left. Upper Geyser Basin.
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13455  

Yellowstone National Park, entrance sign at southern entrance, Snake River is visible in the background.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13463  

Steam rises in the Porcelain Basin.
Location: Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13489  

A rainbow appears in the spray of Pink Cone Geyser. Pink Cone Geyser reaches 30 feet in height, and has highly variable interval and duration. It is a cone-type geyser and its cone has a pinkish tint due to manganese oxide in it. Firehole Lake Drive, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Park.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13553  

Firehole Lake creates a wall of steam in the early morning.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13569  

New Blue Spring steams in the cold morning air with Mammoth Hot Springs Inn in the distance.
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13610  

Burned trees in grass meadow in Lower Geyser Basin. Grass on the left has hot runoff from nearby thermal springs, keeping it free of snow.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19789  

Sheepeater Cliffs, an example of columnar jointing in basalt due to shrinkage during cooling.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19794  

Dead trees embedded in calcium carbonate deposits in the travertine terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, near Minerva terrace . Over two tons of calcium carbonate (in solution) is deposited each day on the terraces, gradually killing any vegetation that had managed to be growing.
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 19796