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Day 2 PM Old Faithful Area
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Arriving at the Old Faithful Inn
Yellow Ford buses finishing their tours
Flags on the roof of the Old Faithful Inn
Here is Old Faithful, quietly steaming.
Many walkways in the Upper Geyser Basin
Old Faithful Visitor Information Center. I never actually went inside!
Very bold raven walking the benches in front of Old Faithful.
Walking counterclockwise around Old Faithful.
We both took photos of the helpful sign.
Crossing the Firehole River
Chinese Spring flowing into the Firehole River
Photography happening at Chinese Spring
Bison bull along the path in Upper Geyser Basin
I took a seat at Infant Geyser to watch Old Faithful
Looking further to the west towards Pump Geyser
A bit of steam from Old Faithful before eruption
Old Faithful erupting behind Infant Geyser
Old Faithful erupting, taken from Infant Geyser
Old Faithful erupting, Infant Geyser, and the O
Old Faithful erupting, Infant Geyser in the foreground.
Walking to the west to Pump Geyser and its bacterial mats.
Very colorful bacterial mats growing in the hot water from Pump Geyser
Bacterial mat shaped like a head at Pump Geyser
Bacterial mat shaped like a head at Pump Geyser
People took my example of getting low to take photos of bacterial mats at Pump Geyser
The smaller part of Doublet Pool, creating mesa-like deposits. Looks pretty deep!
The depths of the Doublet Pool
Doublet Pool deposits, sort of looks like an alligator to me.
The cameraphone brigade.
Now we can see why it's called Doublet Pool
Aurum Geyser, with brown deposits from iron oxide
Taking the trail Solitary Geyser, also connects to the Observation Point
Solitary Geyser is supposed to erupt to 4 feet in height...
An eruption of Solitary Geyser. Not quite the 4 feet stated on the sign.
Heading to the Observation Point, leaves starting to change in late August.
Pine branches look like toilet brushes!
Low shrubs turning gold already.
Up at the Observation Point. The 6-8 people up here plus hundreds below watch a hole in the ground.
Old Faithful erupting, from Observation Point
Old Faithful erupting, from Observation Point
Old Faithful erupting, from Observation Point. The wind helps make an interesting veil.
Old Faithful erupting, from Observation Point. People could get wet if the wind changed.
Lots of people gathered to watch Old Faithful. Myself included!
Eruption of Old Faithful ending.
Strolling back down towards Solitary Geyser.
Here is the biggest Solitary Geyser eruption I witnessed! Double the height of the previous one.
Arriving at Lion Geyser as it erupts
Watching the Lion Geyser erupt
Watching the Lion Geyser erupt
Lion Geyser erupting
Lion Geyser erupting
Lion Geyser erupted for quite a long time
Lion group of geysers.
Castle Geyser putting out steam in the distance as it finishes erupting.
Castle Geyser and the Firehole River.
Coming a bit closer to Castle Geyser, in its steam phase
Castle Geyser in steam phase
Arriving at Grand Geyser before it erupted, I get a good vantage point.
Grand Geyser, starting eruption
Grand Geyser, great backdrop of dead and live trees
Grand Geyser, pretty impressive height.
Grand Geyser, multiple streams form the eruption.
Superwide view of Grand Geyser eruption
Grand Geyser, other vents starting to put water and steam out.
The main jet joined by side jets, Grand Geyser.
Closeup view of Grand Geyser.
The main jet of Grand Geyser waxed and waned several times.
Rather good color coordination!
Moving further to the west, I pick up a rainbow from Grand Geyser's eruption.
Crowd watching the rainbow from Grand Geyser's eruption.
Broad rainbow now visible from Grand Geyser's eruption.
Beauty Pool, looks quiet from this angle.
Beauty Pool, suddenly crowded!
Chromatic Pool to the west on the walkway from Beauty Pool
Downed tree in the Firehole River
A least chipmunk nibbling grass seeds (Taken on the Upper Geyser Basin trail, Yellowstone National Park.)
Least chipmunk with grass seeds
Least chipmunk reaching for grass stalks to eat the seeds. (Taken on the Upper Geyser Basin trail, Yellowstone National Park.)
Waiting for Giant Geyser to erupt
Giant Geyser cone about 12 feet high, with Bijou Geyser bubbling away next to it.
Grotto Geyser erupting at a low level, up to about 10 feet.
Bobby socks trees, killed by water from geysers, near Link Geyser.
Crossing Firehole River again, going towards Morning Glory Pool.
Mortar and Fan Geysers next to the Firehole River.
Morning Glory Pool, superwide!
Morning Glory Pool, looks quite deep.
Morning Glory Pool, with bacteria creating the colors depending on the temperature of the water.
Lots of dead insects floating in Morning Glory Pool
Floating dead insects, Morning Glory Pool
Morning Glory Pool, more photography happening
Moth on Eaton's Asters, Yellowstone National Park (Taken on the trail in Upper Geyser Basin. I used my 28-300 since I was too tired to switch to my 105mm macro. The 300mm gave me more working distance.)
Eaton's Asters. Used my 28-300. I was just too tired to switch to my 105mm macro.
Some sort of wasp approaching some Eaton's asters, Yellowstone National Park. (Lucky shot with 28-300mm at the end of a long afternoon of walking. Upper Geyser Basin.)
Eaton's asters in different stages of blooming, Yellowstone National Park.
Dead tree in geyser water along main trail back to Old Faithful Inn.

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