Wyoming Sept 2009

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Tuesday - Old Faithful Area

Tuesday morning I got up early to check out the sunrise around Old Faithful. After breakfast, Kellie decided to sit at the Inn to see the geyser go off, and I took a hike on my own around Geyser Hill. After we got back together, we drove to Black Sand Basin and walked around a little, then just drove around to the other geysers in the area without much stopping and walking.

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Old Faithful Lodge before sunrise
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The hill around Old Faithful, before sunrise
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Boardwalks around Old Faithful at sunrise
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Old Faithful Inn in at dawn
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Old Faithful mound at dawn
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Charles heading off to geyser hill
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A herd of buffalo near geyser hill
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Blue Star Spring
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Firehole River
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Teakettle Spring
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Plume Geyser erupting across the hill in front of the Inn
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Pump Geyser
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Colorful algae bed
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Doublet Pool
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Doublet Pool looking back toward the Lion Group and the Castle Geyser steaming in the back
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An unnamed orange pool
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Aurum Geyser
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Old Faithful erupting
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Solitary Geyser
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Solitary geyser eruption
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Waves in Solitary's pool after the eruption
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Detail around Solitary geyser
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Pendant Spring
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Castle Geyser erupting in the distance
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Lion starts erupting next to me while I'm watching Castle
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Lion erupts
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Heart Spring
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Hot water runoff on the hill
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Spouter Geyser
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Cliff Geyser with unknown smaller feature in foreground
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Cliff Geyser at Iron Spring Creek
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Mushroom-like deposits around the pools
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Rainbow Pool
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Falls in a small creek behind Emerald Pool
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Emerald Pool
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Tire Pool - at the Fairy Falls trailhead drive
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Unnamed pool MNN011 at the Fairy Falls trailhead drive
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Crow above
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Looking toward Grand Prismatic Spring, you can see the huge pool's blue color reflected in the steam
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Flood Geyser and Circle Pool at Muleshoe Bend
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Unnamed pool LNN018 along Firehole Lake Drive
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Surprise Pool
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White Dome Geyser