Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful Curves

Toward the end of the eruption, the wind had started to push the column of steam into a curving shape.

Ghosts

A small stand of trees is shrouded in steam/fog from an erupting Grotto Geyser (which was right behind me).

Old Faithful Blues

Old Faithful Geyser erupts in the blue early morning before sunrise.

The Devil's Thumb

Some scraggly plants cling to life amidst the thermal waters of the Mammoth Terraces. The steam from the water coats the plants in hoar frost that helps give the scene an otherworldly feel.

Owl Be Watching You

A Great Horned owl watches me in a heavy snow squall in Yellowstone National Park. Owl sightings are rare in the park and to have one so calm so close to the road is a sighting one talks about for years.

Lower Falls Ice

Ice forms along the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone. Sometimes, water finds a path and flows over the ice.

Undine Flow

Undine Falls in late November as the ice of winter starts to form around the edges.

Winter Dawn

Soft winter light is reflected in the warm pools of Upper Canary Spring.

Sunrise

This was one of the most vibrant and beautiful sunrises I have ever seen at Old Faithful. The colors in the clouds were so intense that I had to desaturate the image. I love the long exposure and the little bit of water in the runoff channel that reflects the intense pinks and reds of the sunrise.

Ruddy Regalia

On a snowy May morning, a Ruddy Duck, floats in Floating Island Lake showing off his turquoise blue bill in hopes of attracting a mate. There were several males and females floating about edges of the lake occasionally diving under the surface for a tasty treat.

Lower Falls

A breaking spring storm dusts the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone with a coating of snow. As the storm breaks, the morning sun spotlights the canyon and waterfall.

Beehive Rainbow

Beehive Geyser erupts in the early September light, the spray creating a large rainbow. Located on Geyser Hill behind Old Faithful Geyser, Beehive erupts on average once day.

Lower Falls Detail

The last of winters ice and snow tenuously clings to the walls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The ice cone at the base of the Lower Falls can, on a good winter, reach 200 feet tall. The Lower Falls thunders 308 feet to the canyon floor. It can be hard to visualize how tall the Lower Falls truly is. The trees in the bottom left are over 50 feet tall and are dwarfed by the waterfall and ice. There is a bit of photographic compression going on here. I am using a telephoto lens which compresses the whole scene. The waterfall and ice are closer together than the trees are to the waterfall and ice.