Yellowstone National Park

Part 4 - Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Wyoming

August 2009
 
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Part 1 - Old Faithful Inn & Wildlife

Part 2 - Geysers - Old Faithful area

Part 3 - Geysers - Other areas

Upper Falls (109 feet)

View from the south rim lookout...

 

The river narrows before going over the edge...

 


Miche holds on tight, close to the edge...  


 

Lower Falls (308 feet)

The first signs of the falls on the many steps down Uncle Tom's Trail....

Up above the streets and houses...

  
 
 

A feast of colour with yellow valley walls...


The falls themselves...

 

Downstream...

 

At the top of the Lower Falls...

 

 





One way ticket if you slipped off the trail...


 

 

Lower Falls, the viewing platform on the right gives some perspective of height...






A tree that been struck by lightning...

 


PB and the Lower Falls...

Views from Inspiration Point...


The sandstone hoodoo's are quite hard to make out in the photo's, but are huge in real life...

 



Miche...




Looking downstream from Inspiration Point...



Part 1 - Old Faithful Inn & Wildlife

Part 2 - Geysers - Old Faithful area

Part 3 - Geysers - Other areas


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