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Yellowstone National Park June 2021

As part of a two-week trip to Wyoming, I was pleased to have wonderful weather for two days in Yellowstone National Park.

Entering from the Eastern entrance (from Buffalo Bill’s Cody, Wyoming), I drove along the northern shore of Yellowstone Lake to the Fishing Bridge, turned right on the Grand Loop northward to the Upper and Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River (‘Artist’s Point and ‘Inspiration Point’ on the map).

Along the way, one can photograph Yellowstone Lake (30 miles across) from a mountain overlook, pass a number of steam vents at the Mud Volcano, look across the Hayden Valley with its large herd of wandering bison and a smoldering sulfur cauldron.

At the stop on the northern rim road known as the Brink of the Lower Falls, I took the switchback trail 600 feet down to the platform a few feet from the mighty river plunging off the cliff into the vast Yellowstone Valley. This is the larger of the two falls, at more than 300 feet of drop.

The Upper Falls have a 110-foot drop, but is still a massive waterfall with another viewing platform right at the crest. Both of these falls make a loud roar, so I have muted most of the videos to save your hearing.�

On the second day, I went to one of the prime attractions of Yellowstone (at least for me), the Grand Prismatic Spring. Located near Old Faithful in the Upper Geyser Basin. The Spring is spectacularly colorful, one of the most colorful phenomena I have seen in Nature. Parenthetically, this spring is also the reason drones are banned in all national parks: Tourist crashes drone into Yellowstone hot spring (usatoday.com) I would love to fly over it but the overkill reaction by the Park Service is understandable…