Yellowstone and the Way Home

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After 7 days of travel and photography you would think I'd had enough.  Not yet!  I decided to stop overnight at Yellowstone National Park.  It was about a 4 hour drive from Great Falls where I left the rest of the group at the airport.  I got to Mammoth early enough to get a campsite.  Thanks to the nice ranger who let me choose the one with the most afternoon shade so I could take a nap.  I spent the rest of the evening scouting Mammoth Hot Springs for the next day's sunrise and then driving out to the Lamar Valley for sunset.  It was the first time I had been there.  I was looking for some big Bison or Elk.  I saw one big herd of Bison that was actually crossing the road, but all I saw were cows and young bulls.  I continued to drive and saw a nice big bull out in a meadow heading toward me.  I set up and waited for him.  He suddenly stopped and laid down with his back to me in a clump of grass.  After 15 minutes, I figured he wasn't moving and packed up.  I saw one other nice bull, but it was just after sunset and even though he was only 100 yards away he either stayed behind brush or kept his back to me.  It was like he knew I wasn't going to pay him for posing.  The next morning I got up early and shot at Mammoth Hot Springs.  The full moon set just above the formation about 20 minutes before it was light enough to make a good picture.  I stopped at Mesa Falls after leaving the park.  There are actually two falls (Upper and Lower) on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River.  It was only a few miles out of my way.

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Canon EOS 1Ds2, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L with 1.4EX @ 235mm, ISO 50

Hot Springs Details

The mineral rich water has left many terraces and falls in this eerie looking place.

 


Canon EOS 1Ds2, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L  @ 170mm, ISO 100

Caramel Sundae?

The formation here looks like hot caramel  poured over ice cream.

 


Canon EOS 1Ds2, Canon 24-70 f/2.8L  @ 34mm, ISO 100

Upper Mesa Falls

One of my patients told me about this waterfall, so I stopped to check it out.  Very impressive.  This is a panorama stitched from two separate images.

 

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