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Yellowstone National Park – Norris Geyser Basin – Wyoming (2019)

Images of Yellowstone National Park – Norris Geyser Basin – Northwestern Wyoming, taken in July 2019.

Norris Geyser Basin is host to the largest geyser in the world, the Steamboat Geyser. For years it was relatively dormant but recently it has been going off about every seven to ten days so there are people that stake it out in hopes of seeing an eruption. With so much to see in this basin, and the park as a whole, I couldn’t afford to wait. Instead I took in the many interesting thermal features in the Back Basin, where Steamboat resides, and then headed to the adjacent Porcelain Basin. I found this area fascinating, not only did it have the geysers, springs and pools that you see throughout the park it but had an abundance of weirdly iridescent pools that gives this place its name. But I was here at a bad time, late in the afternoon on a cloudy day, which muted the colors. I knew I would have to return when the light was better and from the way this place is situated I knew that meant getting here just after sunrise. Three days later I did just that and the combination of the early morning light, lustrous basin floor and steam rising across the landscape gave me a magical show I will not soon forget!
The Porcelain Basin in early morning light at the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
The Porcelain Basin in early morning light at the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park 		A Porcelain Basin vent steams in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
A Porcelain Basin vent steams in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Vents and pools on the floor of the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Vents and pools on the floor of the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 The Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
The Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 The steaming floor of the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
The steaming floor of the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Steam fills the morning air in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Steam fills the morning air in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Pools in the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Pools in the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Steam clouds fill the air over the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Steam clouds fill the air over the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 The Ledge Geyser lets off steam in the Porcelain Basin at the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
The Ledge Geyser lets off steam in the Porcelain Basin at the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 A Porcelain Basin vent sprays water in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
A Porcelain Basin vent sprays water in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Steam rises from the earth in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Steam rises from the earth in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 A vent in the Porcelain Basin emits water in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
A vent in the Porcelain Basin emits water in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Early morning in the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Early morning in the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Algae thrives in the hot water of the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Algae thrives in the hot water of the Porcelain Basin in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Echinus Geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Echinus Geyser in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
A Steamboat Geyser minor eruption in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
A Steamboat Geyser minor eruption in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Clouds gather over Cistern Spring in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Clouds gather over Cistern Spring in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Thunder clouds building over Crater Spring in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Thunder clouds building over Crater Spring in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Veteran Geyser churning in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Veteran Geyser churning in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Algae and grasses grow in geyser runoff in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Algae and grasses grow in geyser runoff in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Grasses thriving in the warm waters of the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Grasses thriving in the warm waters of the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Algae growing in a pool in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Algae growing in a pool in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Vixen Geyser erupts in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Vixen Geyser erupts in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Algae growing among rock formations in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Algae growing among rock formations in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park		 Puff ‘n Stuff Geyser vents steam in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park
Puff ‘n Stuff Geyser vents steam in the Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park

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