Jenny Varley

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Yellowstone in winter, 2019

We visited Yellowstone National Park in February 2019 on a tour organised and led by the excellent Nick Garbutt, and booked through Wildlife Worldwide. Yellowstone is a truly stunning place and is fascinating for its geological history, its scale, climate, geothermal activity and of course its wildlife. Winter is a wonderful time to visit, although it can be brutally cold. As most roads are closed there are relatively few visitors and although wildlife is not as abundant as during the summer months the sightings can be spectacular. Winters in Yellowstone are harsh and can be unforgiving and it was humbling to learn how wildlife survives in such conditions. We travelled with Yellowstone Expeditions and their organisation was first rate, as was our stay in their Yurt Camp in Canyon Village. Thanks to all our guides (Joe, Alice, Ben-Cheetah, Ben, Monica, Roston and Brian, as well as Connie for her superb cooking at the Yurt Camp.

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Dead lodgepole pine trees at the Fountain Paint Pots site in Lower Geyser Basin
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Dead lodgepole pine trees at the Fountain Paint Pots site in Lower Geyser Basin

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  • Female and calf in intense cold
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  • Head-on...
  • ..or sideways?
  • Intense cold brings intense light
  • Contorted water courses near the Little Firehole River
  • Stands of "bobby socks trees" near the Firehole River
  • Bobby socks trees are dead lodgepole pine trees which have absorbed mineral-rich water which has then evaporated to leave them with white bases
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  • Dead lodgepole pine trees at the Fountain Paint Pots site in Lower Geyser Basin
  • As the wind blew the frozen steam, the light and colours changed dramatically
  • The yellow colour is not due to the presence of sulphur, but oxidising iron.
  • Excelsior geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin
  • Boiling water at the edge of the Excelsior geyser
  • Dramatic colours at the edge of the Grand Prismatic Spring
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