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(01). Yellowstone Bison. Taken on the last full day of the Photo Shoot/Tour with Jess Lee Photography. According to you all this was the best picture on my trip and the best I have posted on SmugMug and I'm proud to have the 75th most popular picture in the Nature Photographers Group. Thanks for all of your comments and thumbs ups. I really appreciate it.

Old Faithful Area - Yellowstone - Wyoming - US

The hot water that feeds Mammoth comes from Norris Geyser Basin after traveling underground via a fault line that runs through limestone and roughly parallel to the Norris-to-Mammoth road. The limestone from rock formations along the fault is the source of the calcium carbonate. Shallow circulation along this corridor allows Norris' superheated water to slightly cool before surfacing at Mammoth, generally at about 170 °F (80 °C). Algae living in the warm pools have tinted the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green.

Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas.

Mineralized tree branches

Liberty Rock, a dormant geyser at the start of the boardwalk.

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Canon EOS 50D |

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Original size: 4770x3177 |

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