Friday, February 17, 2012

Yellow Stone Hot Springs

Yellow Stone National Park is one of the most largest and one of the most popular national parks that the US has. Period. You will find only a few other attractions here in the US that attracts so many foreign tourists as Yellow stone does. The Park itself encompasses many habitats which house many different flora, fauna, and national wonders. But what makes it unique and so memorable is the geothermal ecosystem. The geothermal area of the park consists of many geysers, the most famous of which is Old Faithful.

Other geysers at the park may erupt once every month, twice every year, or a handfull of times in a decade. Those with longer and more unpredicable latent periods, are the ones that have the most glorious eruption. I remember a local describe when a particularly rare eruption, I believe it was called steamboat geyser, created what he thought was an earthquake back in 1991. This rarity of the geyser eruption is what made its impact so poignant on the minds of those who got to witness it. This is the same principle behind the geothermal area in general so memorable. Its uniqueness is what made it so worth protecting and makes the whole experience of geyser watching anestheticly pleasing.  

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