- 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.