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26-MAY-2010

Bison on the Firehole, Yellowstone National Park, 2010

This image begins a sequence on the bison, also known as the American buffalo. I found this one fording the Firehole River, given its name by the hot springs that line its path. Yellowstone has the largest free roaming bison population in the world. The herd numbers 3,500.

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Phil Douglis07-Jul-2010 18:36
Probably this buffalo was one of those you included in your 1990s shot. You have come a long since then.
monique jansen07-Jul-2010 09:10
The color is almost unreal - I was in Yellowstone in the late 90s with a crappy camera, and took a shot here too, but I did not know anything about photography at the time. Still like the colors though:
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Phil Douglis22-Jun-2010 20:50
Yellowstone is an ecosystem -- a unique blend of flora, fauna, and volcanic activity that is found nowhere else in the US. We are fortunate that it was allowed to survive the encroachment of society and commercialism, and today exist as it always has been. Thanks for noting the interrelationship here, Iris.
Iris Maybloom (irislm)22-Jun-2010 00:27
In addition to the colors and textures of Yellowstone, the wildlife is an essential part of the Yellowstone experience. Your earlier images of the elk, the big horn sheep, the eagle and the marmot convey this and the bison on the Firehole reinforces it.
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