Yellowstone - Part 2 Geysers

The best is first in the blog..... the picture above is of one of the beautiful hot spring pool. The next lot of photos are of the best and biggest geyser of the Yellowstone National Park. It is called the Grande Geyser and errupts farily often, about every 12 hours or so. There is a plaque in front of every geyser givng the approximate time of next eruption. They said the show at teh Grande Geyser would be on at about 4 pm and a large crowd gathered and sat on the walk way and waited. It was nearly 5 pm and people were getting fed up and thinking of moving along. We thought maybe this is not going to happen and we should leave as well.

Just then it started bubbling fruiously. There is a little spout on the side and it goes off like a kettle boiling and whistles. Then the main spout goes off and its beautiful. The roar of the steam and heat from it as well as the strong sulhur smell with it was a show stopper. It spouted steam for a good 20 minutes. In fact it stopped and people thought that was it and started movign and it erupted again and again.










There are also so many small geysers and all have names too. I found these two I snapped really good. They are small but for some reason the droplets that are thrown up sparkle like diamonds and make you feel as it the geyser is laughing and dancing. There is such joy coming from these dancing drops of scalding hot water.






These are the photos showing the Old Faithful which is erupting every 90 minutes of so. While there is a grandstand for people to sit and watch this geyser the distance from which you see it a lot more than some of the geysers. It is most famous but to my mind and from teh phots you will agree that tis the Grande geyser that takes the prize!!!







Now this geyser below I do remember clearly. It is called the Castle. It erupts regularly and one just has to sit and wait by the side or lean on the wall opposite. The height of the steam was fairly impressive but nothing compared to the pictures you have seen of the Grande Geyser.








I just cannot remember the name of this geyser.. do you blame me? there are so many of them there and we sat and watched most of them blow steam. The smell of sulphur in the air was actually not too bad as it cleared my sinuses and dust and hay fever.




The next few photos are near I think Steam Hammer the largest of the geysers but it just kind of bubbles but its bubbling is nearly as powerful as an actual eruption of the some of the smaller ones we saw. There was a lot of talk about there being increased activity all around the park and there was an alert that a major shift of earth was expected and this would leave a huge hole in large part of western USA. Well we are a few years down the line and have yet to see any such disaster.




The beautiful colored hot spring pools dotted around the geyser park are truly awesome. I have never seen anything like this. The depth of the color in the clear water is amazing. We did spend a fair amount of time gazing at these sites.











These pictures below are the Monmouth Springs in Yellowstone. The colors were beautiful in the lake and the stalactites and stalagmites. The steam rising made the air warm and humid. The park has all these walkways built so people can get much closer to various geysers. The river apparently had changed course and so certain parts were closed.