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Not the best lighting, but sometimes you have to take what you can get. |
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In many ways, this view of Lower Yellowstone Falls has superior lighting as compared to the one that I shot the previous day (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/30677/). In particular, and thanks to the tip from professional photographer Roger Devore (http://www.devorephoto.com), who was set up immediately to my right, there's a particular optical effect visible here that only happens for a brief window each day. Can you find it? |
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Now geolocated, this is a turnout that looks over Midway Geyser Basin (the famous Grand Prismatic Spring would be off to the right in the distance).
Very few people seemed to be stopping to look here, which is why we pulled over. Nice place to view run-off from the geysers entering the river (believe this is the Firehole River, but did not double-check that). |
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An unpredictable geyser with big eruptions that can throw water 250 feet in the air some 45 times or so a year. |
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The dominant view from Artist Point is the lower Yellowstone Waterfall looking upstream to the south. In the other direction are these beautiful colors in the rocks.
Shot with Nikon D5000 and 200mm lens |
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Yellowstone's many rivers are busily at work cutting down through post-caldera rhyolites throughout the park. Here the Firehole River (downstream from the famous hydrothermal areas) has cut a deep gorge in obsidian-rich rhyolites. |
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What does the inside of a hot spring deposit look like? Berti and Edi know! |
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It takes some serious topography to move big rocks like these. Gee Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore... |
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This one was a challenge to capture. Not only is it a tourist rich location - I got lots of questions about the GigaPan here - but there was a steam plume emanating from the hotspring that at times totally obscured the field of view. Finally though, after lots of pauses, and with the battery running low, I got enough clear shots to ensure a good stitch. All in all, it didn't turn out bad. |