Natural History Photographs


Yellowstone (Wyoming), USA
Haden Valley Basin
20 August 2017

After West Thumb Basin, we continued to see the mud volcano and the Sulphur cauldron located in Haden Valley Basin. Here we also found various dragonflies associated with the warm water, which made me wonder whether this far north their occurrence might be limited to geothermic areas - but this may be reading too much into this single co-occurrence. A short distance from the geothermic field toward Canyon Falls, we encountered a herd of bison, giving a glimpse of what the area might have looked like before Europeans entered the scene.

Mud Cauldron & Mud vulcano


Geothermic habitat


Plathemis lydia

Libellula saturata

Dragon's mouth spring

Sulphur cauldron

Turbulent pool Mud crater

Bison bison