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  1. America's first National Park, Yellowstone, takes its name from rocks that were erupted following a cataclysmic volcanic eruption 640,000 years ago, subsequently hydrothermally altered, then exposed by the downcutting and erosion of the isonymous river. Lower Yellowstone Falls, seen here from Artists Point, is the ver...

  2. In many ways, this view of Lower Yellowstone Falls has superior lighting as compared to the one that I shot the previous day (www.gigapan.org/gigapans/30677/). In particular, and thanks to the tip from professional photographer Roger Devore (www.devorephoto.com Will open in a new tab or window), who was set up immediately to my right, t...

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  3. This is the angle and the time of day to really see the rocks that give Yellowstone its name. The Yellowstone River has carved this dramatic canyon through a zone of hydrothermally altered and weakened post-caldera rhyolites. If you look closely, you can even find active hydrothermal vents (look for steam) down along...

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  4. Not the best lighting, but sometimes you have to take what you can get.

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