Natural History Photographs


Yellowstone (Wyoming), USA
Black Sand Basin
16 August 2017

After the eruption of Old Faithful, our final trip for today was to Black Sand Basin, in the near vicinity of Old Faithful. Here one finds a smörgåsbord of geothermic phenomena in a localized area. This made for a nice conclusion of the day...

Cliff geyser and Iron creek


Jagged spring & Ragged spring


unnamed hot spring Green spring


Runoff waters with extremophile bacteria


Sunset lake


Sunset lake & Cyanobacteria


Emerald pool


Opalescent pool


Spouter geyser