Covertly
known across North America as “Are
We There Yet” National Park, Yellowstone
National Park is the first and oldest
national park in the world and covers
3,470 square miles of the Northwest corner
of Wyoming. Famous for its spectacular
geysers and hot springs, the park is home
to grizzly bears and wolves, and free-ranging
herds of bison and elk. Like many national
parks Yellowstone is a unique ecosystem
containing many endangered species. In
fact the park is one of the largest intact
temperate zone ecosystems remaining on
the planet!
Yellowstone National Park is called “Yellowstone”
because… (you guessed it) there
are a lot of yellow stones. Inside the
park there is a large canyon called “the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.”
Created by floods during previous ice
ages and by river erosion from the Yellowstone
River, the sides of the deep gash are
prominent enough to give to loose enough
yellow rock to give the park its namesake.
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The
park is also famous because it sits on
a “geologically active” part
of the state. This means that boiling
hot water from way beneath the ground
is heated by magma to the point where
it is violently forced to the surface.
It shoots up in the air, causing a geyser,
as well as triggering the shutters of
dozens of cameras. While most of the time
this is fun and games, a local mountain
called “Mt. St. Helens” made
sure that everyone remembers who is in
charge. While nothing of that scale exists
at the park the effect is the same. Get
too close and you can get your face boiled
off! Still, the park is beautiful to behold
and remains one of America’s last
unspoiled wildernesses. Visit it while
it lasts.
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