Further south from West Thumb, passing Grant Village, is the South Gate of the Park, about 35 kilometers from West Thumb. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info West Thumb Geyser Basin (WestThumbGeyserBasin)Location: 8 lower right corner (Yellowstone Lake area)Reference time: 30 minutesWest Thumb is located on the west side of Yellowstone Lake, the southernmost part of Yellowstone National Park.

There are geysers, you can see Yellowstone Lake, and it is also an area frequented by bison, deer, and bears. Originally a crater formed by a volcanic eruption 640,000 years ago, another volcanic eruption 150,000 years ago caused the earth's crust to subside, forming the current basin.

The smoky place is the steam of the hot spring, and the green wave is the lake of Yellowstone, which reflects the blue sky and white clouds in the background, forming a different landscape from other hot spring areas in Yellowstone. There are many hydrothermal springs, hydrothermal springs near the lake, and hydrothermal springs within the lake, and the hot springs in the lake are the characteristics of this place. The spout gushes water from the bottom of the lake. The spouts come in a variety of colors, some are transparent green.

Some are sapphire blue, while others are dull black. Additional attractions: (due to time constraints, I didn't go) Grant Village (Grant Village) Location: Directly below the figure 8 (Yellowstone Lake District) A place named in honor of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

He signed the legal document that established the world's first national park. But it's actually a visitor center, with some tourist services, and it's really not an attraction. From Ximu, all the attractions arranged today are over, and I am ready to go back to the reserved Yellowstone Lake Resort, have dinner, and watch the sunset.

The resort is located near the Diaoyu Bridge, and there are catering, medical and other supporting services in the resort. There are several resorts like this in the park, located in six areas, Mammoth Hot Springs, Old Faithful, Yellowstone Lake, Roosevelt, Grand Canyon and Greenland Village, all operated by the same company XanterraParks &Resorts.

There are many room types to choose from in each accommodation area, such as Yellowstone Lake Resort, there are wooden houses LakeLodge and LakeHotel, the hotel is a building, divided into lake view rooms and non-lake view rooms, and the price also ranges from $150 to $570 (the picture above shows the $425 room introduction and the 2016 LakeHotel reservation interface on the official website, and the room is in short supply).

Xueluo and Yan Zhitian, Sugar Candy is the room booked in mid-March, when the whole park only $83 Yellowstone Lake Wooden House and a few rooms above $300 in several accommodation areas to choose from, decisive Yellowstone Lake Wooden House, the wooden house condition is slightly inferior, but the cost performance is very high, walk to the lake for 2 minutes, although only more than 10 square meters, some simple, but you can take a bath,.

There is heating, it is completely OK if you stay only one day. If you live in the resort of Yellowstone Lake like Xueluo and Yan Zhitian and Tangtang, you can choose the lake next to the resort to wait for the sunset, there are wooden platforms and benches, and the autumn breeze is very pleasant.

The resort's lakeside parking strip, where there are already tourists waiting for the sunset, is across the street from the LakeHotel (the kind of lake-view room). There are not many places to eat, and only the reception center of the resort where Xueluo and Yan Zhitian and Tangtang live in the huge Yellowstone Lake area provide food and beverages.

(The cabins are built in rows behind the lobby), the lobby check-in, next to the restaurant, there are not many dishes served, Xueluo and Yan Zhitian, Sugar Candy or go back to the room to continue to eat the supplies purchased from Billings: bread, beef, ham, salad, eggs. Take a bath and sleep at 9 o'clock, and if you are not tired, you can go to Yellowstone Lake to see the starry sky.

I will definitely not be disappointed the next morning, because I checked the sunrise and sunset times from the Internet in advance, so I got up early to checkout and set off. If the weather is good, the sunrise at Yellowstone Lake definitely doesn't belong to other attractions in the world that are famous for their sunrises.

Geyserarea, located southwest of Yellowstone, is the world's largest geyser area and offers some of the world's most spectacular geyser activity. The area is exposed with lava and volcaniclastic rocks such as rhyolite and basalt, and the geothermal activity is very strong, and there are many hot springs and geysers, among which there are more than 200 large and small geysers.

There are more than 60 places with a spray height of more than 3 meters. Today's Geyser District is the highlight of Yellowstone, with the famous Old Faithful and Grand Prism in this area. From the Yellowstone Lake Resort, early in the morning, driving on the road to the geyser area, I saw a few wisps of cooking smoke rising in the distance, in fact, there were no people there at all, only hot springs.

I saw the fog on the mountain in the distance, in fact, it was fog and not fog, it was said to be fog, it was indeed caused by the water vapor of the hot spring. IT'S ABOUT 50KM FROM YELLOWSTONE LAKE RESORT TO THE UPPER GEYSER BASIN (27KM FROM WEST THUMB, SEE MAP ABOVE) AND NEARLY AN HOUR'S DRIVE. Location of the Upper Geyser Basin.

The lower left corner of the park (geyser area) is located in the southwest of the park, the lower left of the circle of eight, with an area of about 2 square miles, where about 1/4 of the world's geysers are located, and it is the area with the highest concentration of geothermal phenomena in the park, with regular eruptions of geysers, hotsprings and steaming fumaroles.

The most famous of the district is, of course, the Old Faithful, but also the four large geysers that erupt predictably, as well as the many geysers that erupt at an indefinite time. The four geysers with fixed eruption times are: Castle Geyser, 430 meters northwest of Old Faithful, with a large eruption every 13 hours.

There were also small eruptions in between. The other 3 are the Grand Geyser, Daisy Geyser and Riverside Geyser. In addition, the Biscuit Basin and the BlackSand Basin are also within the boundaries of the Upper Geyser Basin. There are also some very nice hot springs in the basin.

Such as bluestarspring, MorningGloryPool, ChromaticPool, BeautyPool, etc. The Old Faithful is located in the center of the Upper Geyser Basin, surrounded by many large and small colored springs and geysers, so it is recommended to check the next eruption time at the Old Faithful's visitor center

The visitor center has a magnified map of the upper geyser basin, as well as the eruption time of two hot springs north of Old Faithful: the Castle geyser and the Grand Geyser.

Just go around first, come back 20 minutes early to take a seat and wait. Old Faithful Fountain (Old Faithful) Location: 8 lower left corner (geyser area - upper geyser basin) Reference time: 20 minutes (from the time of the predicted eruption) The Old Faithful Fountain is one of the most famous landscapes in Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

It does not erupt irregularly like other fountains, it erupts every few tens of minutes, and never disappoints travelers. It has always been faithful and loved by the world. Each eruption lasted about 4 minutes, with the highest and most beautiful time being the first 20 seconds, with a total of about 10,000 gallons of hot water each time, reaching a height of 40-50 meters and a water temperature of 93 degrees Celsius.

After winter and summer, the fountain of the old faithful has been spraying inexhaustibly according to a certain law, which has lasted for more than 100 years, and has won the reputation of "old faithful". When people come to Yellowstone, they must visit the Old Faithful Fountain. But if you don't spray it, it's like a galloping horse, and under the sun, the water vapor flashes colorful colors.

It's magnificent, and who can't help but marvel. BlackSand Basin Location: 8 Lower Left Corner (Geyser Area - Upper Geyser Basin, West of Old Faithful) Reference Time: 30 minutes Black Sand Basin in the Upper Geyser Area, because there are many black sand formed by volcanic rocks, so it is named.

There are a series of splendid geysers and colored springs like jewels, among which the EmeraldPool is one of the richest and most famous springs in it, its colors include emerald, green, orange, yellow, etc., a bit like a large prismatic spring. Another famous spring is the Opalescent Pool, which has a blue center and milky white around it.

There are also a large number of dead trees around it. The colored springs here have their own characteristics and are very beautiful. Emeraldpool, it is the richest and most famous spring, its colors are emerald, green, orange, yellow, etc., a bit of a large prismatic spring style. A hot river flows through this basin of black sand.

It is the Fire Cave River, which runs through the upper, middle and lower geyser basins. The Firehole River, one of the two main tributaries of the Madison River, is 21 miles (34 km) long, and it flows through important sites such as the Upper Geyser Basin, the Great Prism, and Old Faithful. Due to the smoke rising from all over the river, the explorers of the time believed that there were fire holes in the river.

Hence the name Firehole River. There are Firehole Falls in the upper reaches of the river and waterfalls such as Kepler Cascades in the lower reaches. The river also branches off into several Creeks such as the Fairy, NezPerce streams, etc. The salmon trout in the river (Trout) is a popular spot for fishing enthusiasts.

Next to the river is the Cliffgeyser, which is a bit like a cliff because of the small stone walls around it. The eruption of this geyser is irregular. Sunsetlake, Rainbowpool, and a little north of the Black Sand Basin is the Biscuit Basin.

Biscuit Basin Location: 8 lower left corner (Geyser Area - Upper Geyser Basin, west of Old Faithful) Reference time: 30 minutesIt is said that the "Sapphire Pool" erupted many biscuit-like rocks after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that struck nearby in 1959. ”

The Biscuit Basin "is a very unstable area, where some fountains are no longer erupting (dormant), and new fountains are often appearing, just in the middle of the road in the nearby parking lot, steam is emitted, and guardrails are placed to ensure the safety of visitors." The famous "Sapphire Pool".

Shell geyserMustardspringJewelgeyserThe geothermal area has a lot of trees that have withered due to their inability to adapt to the environment. Coming out of the biscuit basin, I happened to see a group of American high school students sitting by the school bus eating lunch and seeing the place where they went on a spring outing.

After the two basins of the Upper Geyser Basin, the Old Faithful, Black Sand, and the Biscuits, it is the turn of Yellowstone's masterpiece "The Great Prism" to shine in the MidwayGeyser Basin Location: Figure 8 The lower left middle (geyser area) is located in the southwest of Yellowstone, by the Fire Cave River, because it is in the middle of the upper and lower geyser basins.

Hence the name Midway Geyser Basin. Although the basin is small in size, it has two of the largest hot springs in Yellowstone, one is the most prestigious Grand Prismatic Spring, which reaches 110 meters in diameter, and it is the third largest hot spring in the world. The other is the Excelsior geyser, which has a diameter of 60×80 meters.

ExcelsiorGeyser was once the largest geyser in the world. The last major eruption occurred in the 1880s, when the eruption reached a water column 300 feet high. The eruption has now stopped, but there is still a large amount of hot spring gushing out, with 15,000 liters of hot spring water gushing out every minute into the Fire Cave River. This basin also has hot springs such as Turquoise and Opal.

Grand Prismatic SpringLocation: Figure 8 lower left middle (geyser area)Reference time: 60 minutesThe Grand Prism (also known as the Great Rainbow) is the largest hydrothermal spring in the United States and the third largest in the world, and it has been named "the most beautiful surface on earth." It is the first hot spring in the United States and the third largest in the world, with a width of 75-91 meters and a depth of 49 meters.

About 2,000 litres of 71 degrees of hot water gushes out every minute. The amazing thing about Ōryokee Onsen is that the color of the lake changes depending on the season. In spring, the surface of the lake changes from emerald green to golden orange-red, due to microorganisms such as algae and pigmented bacteria that live in mineral-rich waters.

The ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids in their bodies changes with the seasons, so the water takes on different colors. In the middle of summer, chlorophyll is relatively low, so the lake takes on a brilliant orange, red or yellow color. But in the cold winter of the ninth month, due to the lack of light.

These microorganisms then produce more chlorophyll to inhibit the color of carotenoids, and the water is seen to have a deep, dark green color. In the heart of the hot springs, there is no living life due to the high temperatures. From the inside out, it comes in different colors such as blue, green, yellow, orange, orange and red. There is a pedestrian boardwalk around the large prism. (To be continued.) )