Grand Prismatic Spring, rainbow-colored hot springs in the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park

United States Yellowstone (Yellowstone) 2,091 m above sea level in the National Park of Madison (Madison) in the morning of the eighth day camping trip to the right. Last night went down to almost freezing cold like a give a fuck when it is in the morning, it was horribly hot sunshine sunrise ran away. The world's first national park and, that the American people want to see the most and that is a huge park in earnest around 3 days from today, let ~

Today is the day shown in the above map of Madison (Madison) and Old Faithful (Old Faithful) places to visit in between, which in this section of the entire Yellowstone geyser largest (Geyser) and spa (Pool or Spring) are concentrated be gathered. About this time it is those in the middle area of ​​Lower Geyser Basin and Fountain Paint Pot is two Midway Geyser Basin. (Great Fountain Geyser is entering this area, but the road is one-way, camping in the afternoon on the way back stopped by the sound)

Eat breakfast lunch box is wrapped, but ... Huh ~ Rocking start already long gone only a little clogged? Not driveway opposite want to get off figuring accident ran down the road in the form of what's in the middle. But you are moving large!

This guy just comes up in - the mark of the United States National Park Wildlife in Yellowstone bison representative (Bison, American Buffalo), respectively. There were two, walk along the center line of the opposite side of the car to stop, go away toppling him, this guy has been a perfect gentleman walked into the street. Over the river here is another report that the two were grazing, "Hey - Marina already reported three bison, you're lucky indeed!" He was ...

The Bison came out - they field, not like the cattle were gathered. "What comes out - so a rather fun beats ...", also known as the buffalo buffalo to pull the ball as much as they saw here, now that the back of the Let's go to the land of steaming white.

New arrivals 'Fountain Paint Pot (Fountain Paint Pot)' map of the area. (Click on the map to click on each name to see photos and descriptions if available), such as paint and mud Fountain Paint Pot boiling geysers and hot springs are a lot of trails where you can walk along that caliber.

White as snow fell on the lake glancing round the center of the earth, the water was boiling Celestine Pool's appearance.

"Last night, sleeping in a tent and a cold, hard, but this natural sulfur springs not sleep I wish to get into ~ '- I think your wife ^ ^

Fountain Paint Pot as the main character here that both the soft muddy ground, and the middle portion of the dilute simmering like a sweet soup with pieces of rice cake. This volcano (volcano) for signs of 'mud pot' as hot spring water contained in the acid (acid) crystals are relatively weak component of rhyolitic volcanic rocks (rhyolite), making mud infused with a melted. This is a word 'natural sulfur' is, Shem.

This is just above the water, without any addition of water vapor (steam), but sounded vigorous flushing 'fumarole' are present. Besides spewing carbon dioxide and water vapor, hydrogen sulfide gas inside, which also includes the so called 'rotten egg smell' is a lot of flies around.

Walk back to where geysers going, moment to welcome one of our high water spout gives it. I saw the name of Clepsydra, which 'clepsydra (water clock)' means that. In the past, every three minutes just to do this correctly name the eruption was really mine, almost non-stop since the earthquake in 1959 continued to be switched around water and breathing. (Sugarloaf and we did not particularly gushing ^ ^)

To protect the soft ground, geothermal zones are all so so wheelchairs can carry very well made gazebo and laid road.

Drove back the next place is up Midway (Midway Geyser) area has been. My wife and daughter in the leg shaking hands -

This is right next to the river on a white ground, which gathered four hot spring lake, to see the top of the Grand Prismatic Spring is just the place to come. next to the map it comes with a warning, which only made it safely to visit the trail asked to be placed. vain and bare ground and stepped on near geysers and hot springs went so far died and dozens to hundreds of people and burned!

Top of the hot spring water which overflowed from the lake flows into the gurgling river, which flows from Old Faithful to Madison Fire is the name of the lecture hall (Firehole), just 'fire hole' river. "That the name of a shame because ~ Yellowstone hot spring which he developed the jackpot ... ^ ^"

As the name of the clear turquoise turquoise (turquoise) of the stagnant water is still data (Turquoise Pool), so this is like a backyard pool.

Turquoise followed, this time a full Opal (Opal Pool) is. Quiet water is coming up the middle that looks like a funnel could not understand the depth of the hole.

Opal Pool Trail up to the hot water under the floor is covered with steam rising from where many people are looking for a large lake.

You'll so close to all the steam rising as wide blue sky, surrounded by a large lake, a yellow border, and orange all over the place was full of hot water pouring down, making the flame, which is a small staircase to the floor it seems've made savory. Yellowstone National Park tour just today, one of the highlights of the Grand Prismatic Spring 'found!

Signs to look 'Prism of Light, Spectrum of Life' be labeled, which comes from the lake so the rainbow prism (rainbow color) to have the cause of life (life) because of. Just a lot of hot spring water, mineral yellow and orange only different kinds of living organisms (microorganisms) and the edge of the lake where the water is covered in full, will look different colors depending on the temperature. (A relatively low temperature of the inner edge of the lake bottom in the shallow Yellow microorganisms are mixed with blue lake green looks equal to) just before the show was white dots are the footprints of bison, bison are surely hot spring here in Grand Prismatic Spring ?

Which is so clear and deep blue lake in the middle, no life because I almost boiling impurities can give color to this no. I know I was roughly the color of the rainbow, something lacking ... show me you want easy to understand at a glance - so says The specially prepared ... ^ ^

Yellowstone Super Volcano (Supervolcano) room had a special feature on the cover of National Geographic August 2009 photo of aerial photographs were also used. Diameter of about 90m to the lake in Yellowstone National Park by far the largest hot spring in the lake (Hot Spring), and the world at large, third. Measure the depth of the center of the lake is about 50m and rising to 70 degrees in the basement of approximately 2,000 liters of hot water every minute were heading to flow in all directions.

Way back to the parking lot, which was the last great 'in this document Crater Excelsior (Excelsior Geyser Crater)' in the form of reports. Grand Prismatic Spring is the width of the lake and the similar, but much more vigorous action to 93 degrees almost every minute in boiling water at 15,000 liters and springs, flowing just next step on flows into the Firehole River. (Boiling water welling up from the middle of the lake will look much) Unlike the previous three and called Geyser Crater because, until 1890 This is the height of the geyser eruption was up to 90m s because. Eventually a large crater (crater) is made and silenced the advent of deep lakes, but, in 1985, the center of the lake is 20m high and ever rising, ever since the boiling water up to a height of 10m is sometimes the case that there is a blowout, when likely to happen again any time that a large eruption. Market was not yet 11 am, the next destination is on the verge of entering the Old Faithful village Biscuit Basin and Black Sand Basin area.