After this wild cow is the granary. Today, the blue sky and the white snow-like peaks make this dilapidated little granary particularly sexy. As soon as Yunluo got out of the car, he started taking photos crazily. ●⌒,

While taking pictures, I felt a gust of wind under my feet, and a huge gopher scurried into the hole next to my feet. Yunluo took a closer look and found that there were so many gopher holes around. Yunluo, who used to think gophers were cute, now found this kind of mouse disgusting. It was obviously an enlarged version of a house mouse, and there was nothing cute about it in terms of size or appearance.

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

The trip to Grand Teton over the past few days made Yunluo fully realize why many people say that this is an underrated national park. Its purity, its beauty, its boldness, and its diversity cannot be fully appreciated in one day.

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

It was only 20 to 30 miles from Grand Teton to Yellowstone, but the scenery of the two places was very different. It was already past three in the afternoon when Yunluo and Yan Chenyu entered the south gate of Yellowstone from Grand Teton, but because it was getting dark late, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu did not want to waste the last few hours of sunlight.

The highway in Yellowstone Park is in the shape of an "8". Since Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were staying in a hotel outside the west gate, they decided to play in the lower left part of the 8 first. This small area on the lower left gathers several famous attractions in Yellowstone, the most famous of which are Old Faithful Geyser and Grand Prismatic Spring.

Yellowstone National Park is not only a park for sightseeing, but also a geological park. There are more than a thousand hot springs in the park, accounting for more than half of all hot springs in the world. Among them, Old Faithful is the most famous. It erupts every few dozen minutes, and each eruption only lasts about one or two minutes.

There is a big clock in the souvenir shop next to the hot spring. The pointer on the clock points to the next predicted eruption time, with an error of about ten minutes. There will be a lot of pre-eruption activities before Old Faithful erupts. The spring water gushes up from the ground little by little. Each time it is higher than the last, eager to prepare for the final eruption.

When it erupted, a column of water instantly rushed up to the sky, and the height of the column was about three or four stories high. The tourists around the spring greeted its repeated eruptions with cheers, and the crowd gathered around as if they were watching a wonderful circus performance.

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

In Yellowstone, you can see steam rising from cracks in the ground, hot springs gushing out from the ground, and even small stones with bubbles about to burst out. Add to that the stench of sulfur that permeates the air. The impression that this land of Yellowstone gives people is definitely not romance, but fear in the magnificence and shrinking in the surprise.

Imagine that you are leisurely walking in a huge crater, but Yun Luo and Yan Chenyu have no idea what the earth beneath their feet is brewing.

There are many hot springs around Old Faithful. The hot springs are similar in nature, and each group of hot springs has a well-built plank road for tourists to visit. There are some introductory texts on the plank road. Through these texts, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu can see that these hot springs are changing at any time.

Yellowstone experiences thousands of earthquakes of varying sizes every year. Any tremor, big or small, can cause changes to the surface of the earth. A slight displacement of the surface can produce new hot springs or cover up existing bubbles.

What impressed Yunlu the most was the sulfurous stench of the springs. Sometimes the hot stench from the breeze caught Yunlu off guard. He even wanted to get back to the car after taking a few photos. Traveling in this environment was spectacular but terrifying. Coupled with the dark clouds in the sky of Yellowstone in the afternoon, the whole scene was like the end of the world.

For some reason, the scenery of Grand Teton in the morning appeared in Yunluo's mind. It was completely different from Yellowstone in the afternoon!

In Yunluo's opinion, the beauty of Yellowstone lies in its colors. And its colors are most vividly displayed in the Grand Prismatic Hot Spring. The Grand Prismatic Hot Spring is not a fountain, but a hot spring pond like a mirror.

It has always been a landmark of Yellowstone and has been widely featured on the covers of various Yellowstone brochures. Although it and the hot springs around it also emit bursts of stench, and although the hot and humid air did not bring travel enjoyment to Yunluo and Yan Chenyu, its colors stunned Yunluo.

Because of the minerals, various bacteria can grow wildly on this land, forming different colors. Yellow is the most prominent color, but when you walk in, you will find that you can find any color. Yunluo has never seen a pool of water surrounded by such bright colors. It really looks like a large mirror bordered by gold.

Although the Grand Prism is spectacular, you can't see its entirety from the plank road. Yunluo discovered that there was a small hill opposite the Grand Prism, and it didn't seem difficult to climb it, so he secretly crossed the road and prepared to climb.

After climbing over a few large rocks, they found footprints on the ground. After walking a few steps forward, they found a small path. It seemed that many tourists had come to see the panoramic view of the Grand Prism. This made Yunluo more confident in climbing to the top of the mountain. The mountain was not high and it took only fifteen minutes to conquer it. At the top of the mountain, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu really saw the full view of the Grand Prism.

This huge mirror lies in the middle of a deep green forest, as if someone deliberately placed it there. From the top of the mountain, you can also appreciate the colorfulness of the Grand Prism - the emerald green lake surface is accompanied by brilliant gold edges, and it looks like polished agate, still shining in this gloomy weather.

Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic gave Yunluo a preliminary impression of Yellowstone. Of course, the scenery of Yellowstone is definitely not limited to springs. In the next few days, we will explore the unique features of the world's first national park.

It still didn't rain in the evening when dark clouds were looming. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu planned to have a good rest tonight, so they did not go camping. Instead, they booked a small hotel seventy miles outside the west gate of Yellowstone and checked in at night.

I had a good sleep in the hotel last night, which made up for the lack of sleep during the camping. In the morning, I felt fully recharged and energetic, ready to continue exploring the wonders of Yellowstone.

Starting from where they left off yesterday, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu continued to explore the 8-shaped Yellowstone. Today they planned to visit the upper circle of the 8 and stay at Canyon Village, a camping area in the middle of the 8. After today, they will have visited most of the scenic spots in Yellowstone and completed the last camping trip of the trip.

The weather forecast said that there would be thunderstorms in Yellowstone in the next few days, with a 40% chance of precipitation. I hope Yunluo and Yan Chenyu will be within the remaining 60% when they travel.

The closest attraction to the west gate is called the Norris Geyser Area, but Yunluo and Yan Chenyu were stopped by the administrator before they entered the parking lot. The administrator said that the parking lot was already overcrowded and in order to control the flow of people, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu could not enter for the time being. Yunluo and Yan Chenyu could only leave this scenic spot for last.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

From the map, the area above the figure 8 is not very densely populated with attractions, so Yunluo and Yan Chenyu still have plenty of time today. Another famous attraction in the northwest part of Yellowstone is Mammoth Hot Springs. When Yunluo and Yan Chenyu arrived there, it was also crowded and it was difficult 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. It is not surprising that there are many people. After coming to Yellowstone, Yunluo was deeply impressed by the fact that there were too many Chinese tourists. Chinese faces with various local accents sometimes made Yunluo feel like he was traveling in China.

Mammoth Hot Springs is actually an area with many hot springs. The largest and most spectacular of these hot springs is a white spring in the shape of a terrace.

The limestone fault zone under Yellowstone makes the hot springs here rich in calcium carbonate. The spring water gushing year after year has deposited a thick layer of white gypsum-like calcium carbonate. Later, with many earthquakes, the hot spring eye often changed its eruption position, so these calcium layers were formed in different places.

These calcium layers slowly formed a terrace-like shape through accumulation and other processes. The calcium carbonate is not completely white, and the bacteria on it have more or less added color to these terraces, making them look not monotonous. Although it is a little different from the geysers I saw yesterday, the dead black trees standing by the Mammoth Spring also make this area look gloomy.

I have always heard that Yellowstone is a good place to see wild animals, but I haven't seen any large animals in almost two days. Yunluo learned from the travel guide posted by others that the Lamar Canyon area in the northeast of Yellowstone is the habitat of North American bison, so after leaving the Mammoth Hot Springs, Yunluo and Yan Chenyu went straight to this canyon.

This canyon is not a deep valley with steep 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. It is very different from the "canyon" that Yunluo and Yan Chenyu saw along the way. The plain and the river are a paradise for animals to live. It is said that North American bison have lived here for hundreds of years.

As soon as Yunluo and Yan Chenyu entered the Lamar Canyon, they saw a few large bison leisurely walking and eating grass. They were playing their own games and did not interact with each other at all. (To be continued...)