
source link Sun Rays through Norris © 2010 bo Mackison
https://guelph-real-estate.ca/x8aq77q1n We explored Norris Geyser Basin on an early October morning. We arrived before sunrise. The temperatures had dropped to nearly freezing overnight, so we were alone in our explorations. Perhaps everyone else thought warm rooms and hot food were a better choice than dark and spooky geyser basins. Personally, I was quite enthralled with this magical looking land–a setting that one might expect in a few of the scarier fairy tales.

https://www.yolascafe.com/0mzhsl154a Mineralized Forest © 2010 Bo Mackison
https://penielenv.com/1u9a7wq Standing water from geyser eruptions has turned this Lodgepole Pine forest into a rather ghostly, mineralized forest, especially when seen before dawn. The near freezing temperatures made the steam from the geysers all the more visible. Since there are over 180 thermal features in Norris, this place becomes a steamy place when the temperatures drop. Even daylight doesn’t help much.
- Norris Geyser Basin at Sunrise © 2010 Bo Mackison
https://mocicc.org/agricultura/dw9k9nhz117 See? Sunrise doesn’t provide much light, but it does add some interesting reflections and light to the many geyser runoffs in the basin.

https://getdarker.com/editorial/articles/hy5nnfc Back Basin © 2010 Bo Mackison
enter The Back Basin at Norris contains stands of trees that are in varying degrees of decay. It is park policy to leave the trees as they fall, unless they are an obstruction to traffic or a safety hazard. Lodgepole pines have a shallow root system, and so larger trees are easily toppled by strong winds or they absorb the minerals in the geyser runoff.

watch Fogged In Trees © 2010 Bo Mackison
https://www.brigantesenglishwalks.com/t3zj9zmvq9l More cold. More steam. More trees standing in cold air, but in steamy fog.

https://purestpotential.com/d4zna73bs Crater Spring © 2010 Bo Mackison
https://geolatinas.org/amnivsi6b Crater Spring is one of the few pools on the Back Basin loop. Norris is the most changeable and unpredictable of all of Yellowstone’s geyser basins. It is one of the hottest areas in the Yellowstone region. Geologists doing test drills have found water temperatures over 400˚ F at depths of 200 to 1000 feet. They also estimate that this geothermal area has been continuously active for over 150,000 years.

click here Steamboat Geyser © 2010 Bo Mackison
here Back Basin is the location of Steamboat Geyser, Yellowstone National Park’s tallest, though unpredictable, geyser. Steamboat is most always steaming or spouting, but only minor eruptions of 40 to 60 feet have occurred in recent years. When the geyser was having major eruptions, water was forced upwards nearly 400 feet. Steamboat was at its peak performance in the 1960s, erupting more than 100 times in that decade. It has steadily declined since then, and there have only been a few major eruptions since 2000.
https://www.marineetstamp.com/59oapf6bv Absolutely magical. The color..the mood..the early morning magic and mystery. WOW!
Magical, mysterious…even a bit creepy early in the morning. But a definite 10 on the WOW-O-meter.
Enchanting & mystical.
You’d have loved it, all creepy and steamy. Like a good horror flick setting.
beautiful. Love all the misty lookin scenes
It really is a beautiful place, in a haunting kind of way.
I can see why you were enthralled with the area and the atmosphere. It’s beautiful.
Wow, seems kind of dark and depressing but at the same time, pretty amazing.