Groundwater and Glaciers

Yellowstone, Narrative 

While looking at the pictures I have from my trips to Yellowstone this is what I came up with.

While looking for a geode in Yellowstone I found myself surrounded by beautifully captivating geysers and hot springs. At first glance, you would have never known that Yellowstone was created by some not-so-beautiful processes. If memory serves Yellowstone was created by glaciers and hotspots in the crust. As the glaciers melted they left behind groundwater and a damaged landscape. I am sure after years and years the ground recovered and became the beautiful park it is today. With all the changes that Yellowstone faces, I  was surprised to find not only petrified wood but petrified trees, entire trees. With all the water in the park, I was surprised that there weren't sinkholes or caves everywhere from the erosion of the hot water and steam.  Closer to the geysers the ground kind of looked like it had karst topography where the geysers had shifted and moved. My favorite landscape from Yellowstone was the canyons and waterfalls created by the springs that just appear. 

 

Waterfall created by a spring 

Hot pool with spring 

A small geyser