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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Downstream from Artists Point
Author: Ron Schott (rschott)
Tags:
yellowstone,
river,
canyon,
hydrothermal,
alteration,
weathering,
erosion,
artists,
point,
national,
park,
geology,
fofs,
epic100,
20x25
Size: 2.89 gigapixels
Added: August 17, 2009
Total Views: 680
View in Google Earth 4.2+
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This is the angle and the time of day to really see the rocks that give Yellowstone its name. The Yellowstone River has carved this dramatic canyon through a zone of hydrothermally altered and weakened post-caldera rhyolites. If you look closely, you can even find active hydrothermal vents (look for steam) down along the river. I think that if I were shooting this one again I'd have shot a little more on each side to square the image up a bit, but most of all I wanted to capture a view that illustrated the entire canyon from top to bottom.
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