Our first wildlife viewing, Elk!
There were a lot Elk around Mammoth Springs village.
Mammoth Springs Geo Thermals.
As the water cools, mineral deposits create these ripples.
Looking down at the top of Mammoth Springs.
A look over the springs at an approaching storm.
The differences between hot area and cool area.
Building up stair steps over the springs.
View across the top of Mammoth Springs
Looking down at an active thermal on the top of Mammoth Springs.
A thermal pool at the top of Mammoth springs.
At the far end of this pool, the hot water cascades down the other side as seen in the next images.
Boardwalks lead all around the spring bringing you close to the thermals, without the danger.
View of the same pool from the side. The dead trees sucked up the water and as it cooled the mineral deposits accumulating in the trees.
Is it me or does this camera take good pictures. Another awesome picture of the mineral deposits accumulating.
Be sure to look at the larger picture of this cascade. This was really fascinating.
Surreal look at the steps being built by the cascasding water as it cools.
This hill of thermals has been building up for years and will not fit into one picture, so here is another view from the side.
While we were clean and fresh, we decided we better get a group shot.
The girl that took the picture liked us so much she could not resist another one, close up!
The pending storm never hit us, but it left a beautiful rainbow over the thermals and the mountains.
Another image of the rainbow over the thermals, the steam making this image look like a painting.
This is a shot of Mammoth Springs from the boardwalk that goes along the bottom.
As we headed back to the car, this small thermal was enticing "bacteria mats" in its water as it cooled, causing the colors.
This was called New Highland Terrace, not sure who names these things, but this did have water cascading down the front.
This one is called Orange Spring Mound. You could hear the water boiling from the top and the water cascading down.
As we drove down the road towards Granite Village, the trees suddenly gave way to this thermal. Obviously, nothing but bacteria can live in the area.
This is a close up of the steam spewing out of the vents from the thermal on the road.
This bison was just strolling down the middle of the road, but as he turned toward us, we took the picture and left.
Sunset along our route to Granite Village for the night.
We soon found that each day, except the first night in the woods, that we had beautiful sunsets.
