gmcnaughton ([info]gmcnaughton) wrote,
@ 2009-07-02 07:45:00
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Yellowstone


I know what you're thinking: "Yellowstone has some of the most magnificent scenery ever, up there with the Golden Gate and the Swiss Alps? Isn't that exaggerating a little bit?"

This steam tornado forming over a geothermal hot spring proves otherwise.

Many more pics to come, I'm still working through them all. Some quick words: buffalo, buffalo walking on the road, elk, pronghorn antelope, deer, black bears, moose, bighorn sheep, osprey, golden eagles, herons, marmots, chipmunks; geysers, hot springs, waterfalls, mountains, lakes; snow, hail, rain, wind, sunburn.



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[info]gclarke
2009-07-02 04:27 pm UTC (link)
I would like to point out that while my photos will suck a lot more than that one, I saw the steam tornado first. *ahem*, I guess I mean... Awesome pic!

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[info]gmcnaughton
2009-07-03 05:52 am UTC (link)
For all that time we walked around Grand Prismatic Spring, I didn't see any other tornadoes... pretty neat that we caught it at the right time!

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[info]stiill
2009-07-03 02:21 am UTC (link)
I loved Yellowstone last time I went, and I was almost consumed by the flames! (Hmm, that giant fire was a long time ago.)

It's one of the most fantastical places I've ever visited.

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[info]gmcnaughton
2009-07-03 05:50 am UTC (link)
There are still lots of signs from the big fire, but mostly things are regrowing. Some areas have returned to meadow, and there are vast forests of waist-high fir trees. Luckily there were no fires while we were there, though!

As a random aside, an entire hillside in Bayfront Park caught fire yesterday. We watched the smoke cloud from the third-floor windows... the debate rages as to whether or not it was a controlled burn.

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