West Thumb Basin and Elk

We met with a ranger who gave a talk while walking around the basin.

Years ago, people used to fish in the lake and fling what they caught into the center of this geyser to cook it. There's an opening in the middle of the geyser that used to spew hot steam. That practice was stopped in the early 1900's.

Reflections of us on the boardwalk as we admire the colors.

How beautiful is this?

The deep Aqua color the the Geyser Basin. Temps in the darker blue are 165 and hotter.

We had visitors that day. We assume they stay away from the hot ground, although the range told us they do find animals every so often that fall into the hot springs and die. They found a coyote with a duck in it's mouth in one of the springs. He must have caught the duck on the run and couldn't stop in time. Oops!

These elk were along side of the road.

What's this one eating?

And in the parking lot.