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After this bison is the granary, and today's clear blue sky and snow-white peaks make this dilapidated little granary particularly sexy, and the clouds fall from the car is a crazy photo shoot. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the process of taking pictures, I felt a gust of wind on the soles of my feet, and a huge gopher slipped into the hole at Yunluo's feet, Yunluo took a closer look at the original There are so many gopher holes around, and Yunluo who originally thought that the gopher was very cute now feels that this kind of mouse is disgusting, it is obviously an enlarged version of the house mouse, whether it is the size or appearance of the cuteness.

Fortunately, Yunluo had already taken some satisfactory photos before seeing the gophers, otherwise these fat rats would spoil Yunluo's interest in taking pictures.

The few days of travel in Grand Teton made Yunluo fully appreciate why many people say this is an underrated national park. Its clarity, its beauty, its unrestrainedness, and its colorfulness cannot be fully appreciated in one day.

But because Yellowstone is so famous, most tourists have no special expectations for this small Grand Teton, and the plain sightseeing has become a more common way to visit Grand Teton. If you recommend a friend to visit these national parks in the United States in the future, Yunluo will definitely recommend Grand Teton.

It's only twenty or thirty miles from Grand Teton to Yellowstone, but the scenery of the two places is 108,000 miles apart. It was already past three o'clock in the afternoon when Yunluo and Yan Shenyu entered the south gate of Yellowstone from Grand Teton, but because it was very late, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu didn't want to waste these last few hours of sunshine.

The road in Huangshi Park is in the shape of a figure 8, and since the hotel where Yunluo and Yan Shenyu live is outside the West Gate exit, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu decided to play the lower left part of the figure 8 first. This small area on the lower left is home to several of Yellowstone's more famous attractions, the most famous of which are the Old Faithful Geyser and the Great Prism Hot Spring.

Yellowstone is not only a scenic park, but also a geopark, with more than 1,000 hot springs in the park. It accounts for more than half of all thermal springs in the world. Among them, the old faithful intermittent hot spring is the most famous. It erupts every few dozen minutes, and each eruption only lasts about a minute or two.

There is a large clock in the souvenir shop next to the hot spring, and the hands on the clock point to the next predicted eruption time, with an error of about ten minutes. The old faithful will have a lot of pre-activity before the eruption, and the spring water gushes up little by little from the ground. Each time it gets higher and higher, eager to prepare for the final eruption.

When the eruption, I saw a column of water rushing into the sky in an instant, and the height of the water column was about three or four stories high. The surrounding visitors to the spring greeted it with bursts of cheers and bursts of water again and again, and the crowd of people seemed to be watching a wonderful circus performance.

The reason why Yellowstone has so much geothermal heat and hot springs is because it is a huge active volcano in its own right, and Yellowstone is the crater of this volcano. The movie "2012" also said that if the Yellowstone volcano fully erupts, it can destroy most of the United States, so the Yellowstone volcano is called a "super volcano".

In Yellowstone. The heat that can be seen everywhere rises from the cracks in the ground, the hot springs that can be seen everywhere gushing on the ground, and even the small stones are blisters that are about to burst out, coupled with the smell of sulfur in the sky, the impression of the land of Yellowstone is definitely not romantic, but the fear in the spectacle, the cringe in the amazement.

Imagine yourself strolling in a huge volcanic crater, and you don't know what is brewing on the ground beneath your feet.

The old Faithful hot spring is surrounded by patches of hot water. The various hot springs are actually much the same, and each group of hot springs has a repaired plank road for tourists to visit. There are some introductory words placed on the plank road, through which Yunluo and Yan Shenyu can see that these hot springs are changing at any time.

Thousands of earthquakes occur in Yellowstone every year, large and small, and a single tremor can cause changes in the earth's surface, and a small displacement of the surface can create some new hot springs or cover the original bubbles.

What impressed Yunluo the most was the sulphurous smell of these springs, and sometimes the hot smell of a small wind would catch Yunluo off guard. I even wanted to get back to the car as soon as I took a few photos. Traveling in this environment is spectacular but terrifying, and with the dark clouds in Yellowstone in the afternoon, the whole scene is like the end of the world.

Yunluo's mind made the ghost of the morning The lake and mountains of Grand Teton in the morning are very different from the Yellowstone in the afternoon!

In Yunluo's view, the beauty of Yellowstone lies in its color. And its color is most vividly expressed in the large prism hot spring. The Great Prism Onsen is not a fountain, but a hot spring pond with a mirror-like surface.

It has always been a landmark of Yellowstone and has appeared extensively on the covers of various pamphlets introducing Yellowstone. Although it and the hot spring pools around it were also emitting a burst of stench, although the hot and humid air did not bring Yunluo and Yan Shenyu the enjoyment of traveling, its color made Yunluo stunned.

Because of the minerals, all kinds of bacteria can grow wildly in this land, forming different colors. Yellow is the most prominent color, but when you walk in, you can find any color. Yunluo had never seen a pool of water surrounded by such bright colors, it really looked like a large mirror bordered by gold.

Although the large prism is magnificent, you can't see its whole picture when you walk on the plank road. Yunluo found that there was a small hill opposite the big prism, and it didn't seem to be too difficult to climb up, so he secretly crossed the road and prepared to climb.

After turning over a few large rocks, I found that there were also human footprints on the ground, and a path appeared a few steps forward, and it seems that many tourists have come to enjoy the panoramic view of the big prism, which also strengthens Yunluo's confidence to climb to the top of the mountain. The mountain is not high, and it can be conquered in fifteen minutes, and it is only at the top of the mountain that Yunluo and Yan Shenyu really see the whole picture of the big prism.

In the middle of a deep green forest lies this huge mirror, as if someone had deliberately placed it here. From the top of the mountain, you can also appreciate the color of the large prism - the emerald green lake with the brilliant gold edge, and like polished agate, still shining in this hazy weather.

Old Faithful and Big Prism gave Yunluo a preliminary impression of Yellowstone. Of course, Yellowstone's sights aren't limited to the springs, and the next few days will be spent exploring the unique nature of the world's first national park.

It still didn't rain in the evening of the black clouds, and Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were ready to take a good rest tonight, so they didn't go camping again, and booked a small hotel seventy miles outside the west gate of Huangshi, and rushed to check in at night.

I had a good night's sleep at the hostel last night to make up for the lack of sleep I had while camping, and in the morning I felt recharged and ready to continue exploring the wonders of Yellowstone.

Starting from the place where they ended yesterday, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu continued to visit the figure 8 of Yellowstone, and today they plan to finish the tour of the upper circle of 8, and stay in the camping area canyonvillage in the middle of the right of the figure 8 at night. After today's end, most of the scenic spots in Yellowstone will be completed, and the last camping on the itinerary will be completed.

The weather forecast says that there will be thundershowers in Huangshi these days, and the probability of precipitation is 40 percent, and I hope that Yunluo and Yan Shenyu will be in the remaining 60 percent when they travel.

One of the closest attractions to the West Gate is called Norris Geyser Area, but Yunluo and Yan Shenyu were stopped by the administrator before they entered the parking lot, saying that it was overcrowded, and in order to control the flow of people, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu could not be put in for the time being, and Yunluo and Yan Shenyu could only put this scenic spot at the end.

Judging from the map, there are no very dense attractions in the area above the figure 8, so Yunluo and Yan Shenyu have plenty of time today. Another more famous scenic spot in the northwest part of Huangshi is called Mammoth Hot Spring, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu are also crowded when they arrive there, and it is very troublesome to find a parking space.

This area is not only the location of scenic spots, but also a service center with various shops and small hotels, and it is not unusual for there to be more people. After coming to Huangshi, Yunluo was deeply impressed by the fact that there were really too many Chinese tourists, and the Chinese faces with various local accents sometimes made Yunluo feel that he was traveling in China.

The mammoth hot spring is actually an area where hot springs are gathered. The largest and most spectacular of these hot springs is a white spring in the shape of a terraced field.

The limestone fault zone beneath Yellowstone has caused the hot springs to erupt here rich in calcium carbonate, and the spring water gushes from year to year to precipitate a thick layer of white gypsum-like calcium carbonate, and later with multiple earthquakes, the hot springs often change their location, so these calcareous layers are formed in different places.

These calcareous layers slowly form a terrace-like shape through various actions such as accumulation. The calcium carbonate is not completely snow-white, and the bacteria on it also give these terraces more or less color, and they do not look monotonous. It's a little different from the geysers I saw yesterday, but the dead black trees that stand by the mammoth spring also make the area look eerie.

I've always heard that Yellowstone is a great place to see wildlife, but I haven't seen a single large animal in the almost two days since I arrived. From the travel guide sent by others, Yunluo learned that the Lamar Canyon area in northeast Yellowstone is the habitat of the North American bison, so after leaving the mammoth hot spring, Yunluo and Yan Shenyu went straight to this canyon.

This canyon is not the kind of deep valley with cliffs on both sides, but a small plain along the stream, the mountains on both sides are not high and far away from the river, and the "canyon" that Yunluo and Yan Shenyu see all the way are far away. The plains and rivers are a haven for animals, and it is said that bison have lived here for hundreds of years.

As soon as Yunluo and Yan Shenyu drove into the Lamar Canyon, they saw a few big bison grazing leisurely while walking, and everyone played their own games, and they didn't interact with each other at all. (To be continued.) )

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