However, the best angle to see the big prism is to look down, of course, if the conditions do not allow, there are also tourists who climb to the opposite low slope to look, so that you can also take a good picture. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The wooden plank road around the big prism looks at the big prism from a horizontal angle, and the signboard of Yellowstone Park is the big prism, but those award-winning films are all aerial shots.

Just like the photo above, because the spring is so big, you can't see the whole picture of the "Great Prism Spring" when you take a photo near the spring. Especially in the morning, the temperature is low, and the water vapor around the spring is very high, so you can't see its true face at all. There is a great vantage point overlooking the Great Prism though. There is a fairyfall about 1-2 kilometers south of the Great Prism Scenic Area.

If you walk about 1.5 kilometers to the left side of the road, you will find a dirt road on the left side of the road, leading to the halfway point of the mountain, and in recent years, more and more tourists have known about this excellent location, so don't worry about finding it. If you walk to the top of the mountain to see the view, it takes 1 hour round trip.

The boardwalk around the Great Prism allows you to see several other hot springs that also belong to the Middle Geyser Basin. Excelsiorgeysey, opalpool, the corner of the Great Prism that crosses the Firehole River in the middle of the geyser basin, and the location of the lower Geyser Basin.

Figure 8 lower left side upper (geyser area) The lower Geyser Basin is the largest fountain area in the park, and the most distinctive attraction is the mud boiling spring, which means that the spring is not clear water, but mud, and it is very viscous mud. The slurry is made up of minerals in which ejections are made to dissolve the surrounding minerals.

Usually gray and opaque, muddy water has a high acidity. In the basin there are large fountain geysers, which reach a height of 30-61 meters at the time of eruption. Among the many mud boiling springs, the most representative is the Fountain PaintPot, a hot mud spring that constantly spews out high-temperature colored mud. Silex Spring.

Fountain PaintPot, the edges have dried up, the middle mud area is not much fumaroles, there are two large air holes, the eruption is very loud Leather Pool (LeatherPool) After visiting the upper, middle and lower geyser area, it is already more than 2 o'clock, and lunch is a reserve food to eat in the rest area.

(So before coming to Yellowstone from other cities, you must buy enough food in the supermarket), it is surprising that in Yellowstone Park, except for Yellowstone Lake, Lao Zhongzhong, Mammoth and other resorts with accommodation conditions, there is not a single garbage can in other places, and even the cleaning staff have not seen it.

However, there is not a single piece of garbage in the park, and tourists are very conscious of taking the garbage away. It's about 30 kilometres north from the Lower Geyser to the Norris Geyser Basin, passing a fork in the park's west gate (another 23 kilometres to Norris). On the way, I saw several cars gathering on the side of the road, and sure enough, it happened.

There are animals passing through the Norris Geyser Basin (Norrisgeyserbasin)Location: 8 figures left middle reference time: 1 hour 30 minutes Yellowstone itself is a huge thermal boiler, the Norris Geyser Basin is one of the hottest and most active areas of Yellowstone, with the highest fountain in the park, the hottest basin, and the most extreme environment.

The world's largest geyser, Steamboat Geyser, is also located in this area, and it has only erupted once in a long time (the last eruption was in 2008), and it once set a record for the height of the eruption at 380 feet. The geysers in this area are also quite rich in color, ranging from a crystal-clear blue-green to a soft milk-like blue-white.

Due to its instability, new fountains are produced every year, and old ones die. Echinus Geyser is a famous fountain in Yellowstone, the hot springs in Yellowstone Park are generally alkaline, and this whole hot spring area, is acidic, very rare, it has a pH of 3, it is said to be as sour as lemon juice.

The basin is divided into two parts, the Porcelain Basin (Porcelain Basin) and the Back Basin, the ceramic basin is very hot and barren, and the back basin is hidden in the forest. Viewed from above, the sinister white Norris Geyser Basin is devoid of grass, as if it were thousands of miles away, with only wolf smoke rising from all over the place.

Other well-known hot springs in the area include PearlGeyser, Porcelain Basin, LedgeGeyser, and Colloidal Pool. In addition, there are some orange and green river channels formed by mushrooms, which are also very beautiful. Sunday Geyser, Ledger Deyser.

Although the geyser area in the lower left + middle left of the "8" figure of Yellowstone is comparable to several other districts, there are many scenic spots, and they are all masterpieces of Yellowstone, which are very ornamental, so it must take a whole day, and if you encounter animals on the road, it is even more time tight. Didn't book a stay in Yellowstone for the night.

Prepare to go to the hotel in WestYellowstone, West Yellowstone, and stop by to refuel, eat, and buy at the supermarket. It's 5 p.m. when you get out of Norris, and follow the "8" south to the fork in the road to the West Gate, and from the fork in the road to the west, the Madison River flows on the side of the road. Madison River location.

The Madison River is the source of a tributary of the Missouri River, about 295 kilometers long. Located in the southwest corner of Yellowstone, it has been accompanied by more than 20 kilometers from West Yellowstone, and is 31 kilometers long in Yellowstone, naming the river after U.S. Secretary of State James Madison in 1805.

The river flows through a number of Yellowstone attractions, but none of them are well-known. The river is a place for anglers to flyfish, but the fish they catch must be released immediately. It was getting late, and about 1 kilometer out of the West Gate was West Yellowstone Town (probably the closest town to the park), and when I got there, I realized that it was such a beautiful western town.

The town is very small, with only a dozen streets horizontally and vertically, and there is a main street (near the West Gate) that is very lively and bustling, and tourists from all over the world leisurely wander around the small shops and bars. There is a big supermarket in the town and there are many gas stations (just search for it on Google Maps), and the prices are much lower than in the park, so don't hesitate to fill up your tank and make a big purchase

(There are more than a dozen restaurants in the town, and there are also two Chinese restaurants: Honglian and Hwaseong, you can search and read reviews through YELP, because the taste of the one you have eaten is average, so it is not recommended here). The black bear in Yellowstone has become the symbol of the town, and the shops along the street are not large, but there is a MAX movie theater, and the name of the hotel is the Yellowstone History Museum.

I like to stay for 2 nights in the gray wolf hotel on the south side of the main street of the town, the location is good and quiet, the hotel decoration is chic and warm, each room has a small gray wolf doll representing the image of the hotel (of course, you want to take away is to spend money), the occupancy rate is very high, 6 or 7 o'clock up for breakfast, tourists can basically fill the hall.

After breakfast, I was ready to start the last day of my trip to Yellowstone, the geyser area and the Yellowstone Lake area in the lower half of the figure 8 have ended, and today you need to walk the Grand Canyon area in the middle of the figure 8 and the Roosevelt area and the hot steps area in the upper half of the figure. It was once said that Americans have a high quality of driving, and the more sparsely populated the place, the more so-populated the place.

In fact, in other words, driving in this place should naturally follow the high quality. Today is a profound understanding. At 8:30 a.m., we enter the park from the West Gate, and at about 9 o'clock we arrive at the "8 Road" and prepare to walk north to the upper part of the 8 (that is, the place marked "Madison" in the picture above, and the West Gate is 23 kilometers away from the 8 Gate).

Unexpectedly, traffic jams began on the road. In addition to the fork road leading to the 5 gates in Huangshi, there is only a "figure 8" ring road in the park leading to various scenic spots, and most of them are two-way single lanes, that is, if there is a big traffic jam, there is no alternative route to go, such as Xueluo and Yanzhitian and Tangtang need to go north from Madison today.

From the figure 8 median line, that is, Norris to the east to the Grand Canyon District, as soon as I arrived at Madison, I encountered a long convoy, several times from the winding mountain road to look ahead, I didn't see where to start the blockage, the car in the opposite direction drove normally, but at this time, if you turn around, you need to go from the geyser area to the Yellowstone Lake area.

Only then can we get to the Grand Canyon area, that's 200 kilometers! All the cars can only move forward a little bit, and the impatient snow is falling and ready to get out of the car and go forward to see where the traffic is? Why is it blocked? As a result, I walked for 20 minutes and did not find the source, and chatted with other foreign brothers who got off the car to inquire on the side of the road, and they said that it seemed that a car had hit a bison in front of them.

Poor cow cow. Crash, when will it take to clean it up? For 3 hours, from 9 o'clock to 12 o'clock, when the car was crawling to the fork in Norris, the car in front of it gradually accelerated, drove normally, turned to the middle line of the figure 8, and did not find any accidents or traces of cattle on the road.

Except for a lump of poop. There was no way, the trip was all delayed, so I could only speed up and run on the way to the Grand Canyon. It is worth mentioning that in the process of traffic jam on the mountain road for 3 hours and 20 kilometers, there was no horn urging, no one occupying the road in the wrong direction, and even parallel overtaking was very rare, although there were drivers and passengers who kept getting off the bus and looking.

But all the cars are waiting in line in a regular manner, even the motorcycles are no exception! This can't help but make Xueluo, Yan Zhitian, and Tangtang, who are from the imperial capital and are accustomed to all kinds of hooligan driving, marvel, think that if this is in China, you have to fill the reverse lane and drive forward! P.S.: Actually, I gradually discovered the reason for the traffic jam that day.

There are a lot of American bison in Huangshi, and they are not afraid of tourists and vehicles, often eat and graze on this side of the road, and sneak to the other side of the road to take a stroll, some just got on the road and regretted it, dangling back and forth, the cattle have three urgency, and some are also on the road to solve... Especially in the morning and evening, it is especially easy to encounter a large number of bison crossing the road.

It's like a home on one side, a canteen and a playground on the other, plus many tourists may be the first day to enter Yellowstone, see the bison fresh, even look at the pictures, the key is that everyone drives with high quality, there are one or two cars in front of the press, the back of the car can only obediently follow, do not whistle or overtake. Maybe this is the morning and evening rush of Yellowstone, and there is another discovery.

Americans are very friendly with driving, at least in the sparsely populated West of the United States, if they find that the rear car is driving very tightly, they will consciously slow down and lean to the side to let you pass, and then he will follow. Arrived at the parking lot in the Grand Canyon area and settled a simple lunch in the car (still bread, ham, salad and other things bought at the supermarket.

It's hard to swallow to eat again today, I miss the stir-fried rice, it's already more than 1 o'clock in the afternoon, more than 3 hours later than the expected time, and there are 3 scenic spots to go, and the pressure is great in an instant. Yellowstone Grand Canyon (GrantCanyon) Location: 8 Figures 8 Right Middle Reference Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Yellowstone Park is the canyon area in the middle.

The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone is one of Yellowstone's famous attractions, and you can enjoy the spectacular and deep canyon scenery and cascading waterfalls, and on a good day, you can see a rainbow across the canyon. The 97-kilometer-long Yellowstone River is said to be "the only river in the United States that does not have a dam." Yellowstone Canyon is 32 kilometers long.

It is about 450-1200 meters wide and 360 meters deep, and the long-term river erosion has formed a magnificent rock wall, showing yellow, orange, brown, brown, etc., which the Indians call "Yellowstone". On the other side of the Yellowstone River, there are viewpoints: LookoutPoint, GrandView, and InspirationPoint, with the best viewing point for the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone being LookoutPoint.

It is important to note that this road is a one-way street, and you will find CanyonVillage in front of you when you exit this section. Today's weather is not as good as the previous two days, and there is a lot of cloudiness, which affects the photo effect. Yellowstone Canyon has two waterfalls: Upper Fall and Lower Fall, with the 94-meter-high Lower Fall being one of the highest drops in Yellowstone.

ArtistPoint is the best attraction. It is best to arrive at this viewpoint in the morning, and there will be a more severe backlight in the afternoon for taking pictures. Because it is the best place to see it, it is also a popular spot for tour groups. It is one of the more distinctive landscapes in Yellowstone, and if you have a tight schedule in Yellowstone, then this must be one of the attractions that cannot be missed.

There are two trails that will allow you to see Yellowstone Falls up close, the UncleTom's Trail and the BrinkofLower Fall Trail. The former is a path to see Lower Yellowstone Falls, and although it is only about 2 miles long, the steel staircase in the second half is very steep, so if you are afraid of heights, it is best not to try it. (To be continued.) )