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26-MAY-2010

Waiting for Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2010

Old Faithful, Yellowstone’s most famous geyser, erupts every 40 minutes or so. Permanent benches surround its perimeter, and are usually filled with tourists in the minutes prior to eruption. On this evening, however, a drizzle was falling, and a solitary child in a bright pink jacket gave us an incongruous audience of one. Old Faithful slowly gains its head of steam in the background and erupted a few moments after I made this image.

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Phil Douglis29-Jun-2010 22:36
As we watched her together, we saw her body language constantly change. She couldn't sit still -- this was a rare moment when she want off to sit by herself, rather than be with her family, which was seated a few benches out of my frame. I am sure that between all of us who were shooting her from the porch of Yellowstone Lodge made hundreds of images of this little girl in the pink jacket as she anxiously looked forward to the coming eruption. This image indeed expresses a moment of anticipation, contrasting the innocence and vulnerability of a small child to a mighty natural force that simmers before her.
Tim May29-Jun-2010 19:34
Her body language seems full of anticipation.
Phil Douglis17-Jun-2010 00:28
We had a lot of fun waiting this one out, Rose.
sunlightpix16-Jun-2010 23:27
Lovely!
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