The Yellowstone National Park – Norris, Mammoth Hot Springs, and Tower-Roosevelt

This is our second day in the Yellowstone national park. Our plan for today is to cover the northwestern part of the part. Our first stop are the Artists’ Paintpots located between the Madison and Norris areas.

Video: A steaming hot spring
Image: A hot spring whose bottom is covered with a red algae
Image: A hot spring whose bottom is covered with a red algae
Image: A sulphur spring
Image: A sulphur spring
Image: A sulphur spring
Image: A sulphur spring

Following the Grand Loop Road to the north, our next stop is the Norris Geyser Basin.

Image: A hot spring
Image: A hot spring
Image: A view of the area south of the Norris Geyser Basin
Image: A view of the area south of the Norris Geyser Basin
Image: A hot spring
Image: A hot spring
Image: The Black Pit Spring
Image: The Black Pit Spring
Image: The Steamboat Geyser
Image: The Steamboat Geyser
Video: The Steamboat Geyser
Image: The Emerald Spring
Image: The Emerald Spring

From the Norris area, we continue to the north towards the Mammoth Hot Springs area.

Image: The Nymph Lake
Image: The Nymph Lake
Image: The Cupid Spring
Image: The Cupid Spring
Image: The Glassy Spring prominently featuring travertine formations
Image: The Glassy Spring prominently featuring travertine formations
Image: The travertine terraces of the Mammoth Hot Springs
Image: The travertine terraces of the Mammoth Hot Springs
Image: The Orange Spring Mould
Image: The Orange Spring Mould
Image: The Devil's Thumb
Image: The Devil's Thumb
Image: The Liberty Cap hot spring cone
Image: The Liberty Cap hot spring cone

From the Mammoth Hot Springs, we continue to the east towards the Tower-Roosevelt area and back to Madison across the Canyon Village and the Norris area.

Image: The Petrified Tree
Image: The Petrified Tree
Image: A party of horse-riders near the Petrified Tree
Image: A party of horse-riders near the Petrified Tree
Image: The Yellowstone River as seen from the Calcite Springs overlook
Image: The Yellowstone River as seen from the Calcite Springs overlook

Tomorrow, we are headed to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and to the Lone Star Geyser.

Written on July 26, 2016