Mammoth Hot Springs

This Golden-hued travertine terraces cascade with water, creating a stunning natural wonder. The formations are layered and appear to be alive with the flow of mineral-rich water.
This formation can be found in Yellowstone National Park just south of the Montana, Wyoming state line on highway 89.
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April 19 - 27 was National Parks Week in the US and I'd intended to post this then, but life kind of got away from me.  Nevertheless!  I'm a fan of the Parks Service, as might be obvious, and believe their mission to "preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations" is important. 

(Full post, with additional photos, on my site: https://andrewflenniken.com/2025/05/03/may-3rd-2025-mammoth-hot-springs/)

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#MammothHotSprings terrace area at #YellowstoneNationalPark

Polly in the mist
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Ranger Sarah looks down at the top of the main terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah reads about Fort Yellowstone which can be made out in the distance in the Mammoth Hot Springs area of Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah looks down on the Mammoth Hot Springs Area of Yellowstone National Park.
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah watches the flow of hot water from the Narrow Gauge Terrace area of the Upper Terrace at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone.

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Ranger Sarah skis along the trail as it goes around a water flow crossing the upper terrace road which the trail usually follows.
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah looks at another feature along the Upper Terrace Ski Loop. With no sign visible, Ranger Sarah used a map to try to figure out the name of this feature. She believes it might be a prominent point on the old inactive Highland Terrace known as "The Buttress".
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah takes in the view of Prospect Terrace. Prospect Terrace is a dormant travertine terrace with only minor recorded hot springs activity. It was given its name in the late 1880s by a U.S Geological Service party led by Arnold Hague. It was previously referred to as the “Eleventh Terrace” earlier in the 1800s.
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah takes in the view as she skis down the hill on Yellowstone's Upper Terrace Ski Loop
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah with the sun shinning through the clouds above Orange Spring Mound. Orange Spring Mound is considered to be very old due to the shape and size of the mound as well as how little water flows out of the spring itself.
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah has arrived at Orange Spring Mound. Orange Spring Mound get its name from its dark orange appearance caused by orange cyanobacteria living on the travertine, the rock that it is made of.
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah finds another small fissure in the trees a short distance from the larger White Elephant Back Terrace fissure.
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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Ranger Sarah has skied to White Elephant Back Terrace. A fissure right through this part of the Upper Terrace of Mammoth Hot Springs allows hot water saturated with calcium carbonate to reach the surface. The calcium carbonate precipitates out of the water to form a terrace along the entire length of the fissure.
— at Yellowstone National Park.

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https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/04/13/historic-mammoth-hot-springs-hotel-wont-open-this-spring-thanks-to-snow-cold/