We were amazed at the snow as we entered the south end of the park and kept wondering if we would be up to our knees walking around. But the snow cleared as we got closer to Old Faithful.
Tons of water flowing from melting snow.
Waiting for Old Faithful to go off.
And there she blows! Every 90 minutes or so. The magma that heats the water is between 3 and 8 miles down. We watched her go off three times.
On to seeing the Grand Prismatic Spring with the heat loving bacteria and algae which produces the rainbow of colors.
4,000 gallons of boiling hot water dump into the river every minute.
Geysers and hot springs throughout the entire area.
Old Faithful lodge is really cool but it really looks like a fire just waiting to happen!
The bison that we were looking to see yesterday just walk right past you throughout the Old Faithful area.
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