Featured Place: Thermal Yellowstone

Science-fiction and Lisa Frank fans take note: one need not travel to far-off kitten-filled realms to enjoy otherworldly beauty in-person! 

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Straddling the northwest corner of Wyoming and the border of Montana lies Yellowstone National Park, which holds over half of the world’s geothermal features.  Terraced hot springs, bubbling mud pots, fumaroles, geysers, and something called “ground truths” abound thanks to the region’s (relatively) recent past as an active volcano caldera!  Bacteria mats are responsible for producing bright, rainbows-like swaths of color in boiling water seeping from the earth’s core, trapping minerals and sediment in a most arresting fashion. 

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Without further ado, please enjoy the following visual feast, courtesy of Yellowstone Park’s 100% natural geothermal wonders!

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