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Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY
Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY
Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY
Elk in Beartooth Mountains, WY

Elk in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming. The USGS and partners study the effects of climate change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 

Elk in the Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming. The USGS and partners study the effects of climate change on the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. 

Image: USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY
USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY
USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY
USGS personnel measure flood waters on Wind River, WY

USGS hydrographer Jerrod Wheeler (in cablecar) measures flood flows right before the gagehouse washes away.

06225500 Wind River near Crowheart, WY: Jul 01 2011; 13,900 ft3/s

USGS hydrographer Jerrod Wheeler (in cablecar) measures flood flows right before the gagehouse washes away.

06225500 Wind River near Crowheart, WY: Jul 01 2011; 13,900 ft3/s

USGS Streamgage Destroyed by Flood Flows
Flood Waters Take USGS Streamgage Wind River near Crowheart, WY
Flood Waters Take USGS Streamgage Wind River near Crowheart, WY
Two elk standing in from of burned trees, with a lake shoreline in the distance under a cloudy sky
Image of elk captured by the YVO mobile webcam on June 25, 2010
Image of elk captured by the YVO mobile webcam on June 25, 2010
Image of elk captured by the YVO mobile webcam on June 25, 2010

Image of elk captured by the YVO mobile webcam on June 25, 2010, when it was positioned atop Lake Butte with a view of the north side of Yellowstone Lake.

Photo of the Madison Museum, Yellowstone National Park
Photo of the Madison Museum, Yellowstone National Park
Photo of the Madison Museum, Yellowstone National Park
Photo of the Madison Museum, Yellowstone National Park

Photo of the Madison Museum, built in 1930 and designed by Herbert Maier. This structure exemplifies the National Park Rustic style, using natural materials and artisan craftmanship that are intended to blend buildings into the surrounding environment, “suggesting the smallness of man in relation to nature” (Herbert Maier).

Photo of the Madison Museum, built in 1930 and designed by Herbert Maier. This structure exemplifies the National Park Rustic style, using natural materials and artisan craftmanship that are intended to blend buildings into the surrounding environment, “suggesting the smallness of man in relation to nature” (Herbert Maier).

Blue pools surrounded by beige and reddish mud and otherwise mostly barren ground. Pine trees and a lake are in the distance.
Overview of central West Thumb Geyser Basin
Overview of central West Thumb Geyser Basin
Overview of central West Thumb Geyser Basin

Overview of central West Thumb Geyser Basin.  USGS photo by Pat Shanks, 2009. 

Bob Fournier measuring the gas-to-water ratio (gas/steam) at drill site Y2 in Yellowstone National Park
Bob Fournier measuring the gas-to-water ratio (gas/steam) at drill site Y2 in Yellowstone National Park
Bob Fournier measuring the gas-to-water ratio (gas/steam) at drill site Y2 in Yellowstone National Park
Bob Fournier measuring the gas-to-water ratio (gas/steam) at drill site Y2 in Yellowstone National Park

Bob Fournier measuring the gas-to-water ratio (gas/steam) at drill site Y2, near Hot Lake on Firehole Lake Drive in Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, in the late 1960s.  USGS Photo.

View from a mountain of a treed area with a canyon in the middle ground and mountains in the distance. Sky is mostly cloudy.
Yellowstone caldera viewed from Mount Washburn
Yellowstone caldera viewed from Mount Washburn
Yellowstone caldera viewed from Mount Washburn

Yellowstone caldera viewed from Mount Washburn.  The caldera is the low-lying area extending from the foothills of Mount Washburn in the foreground to the rugged mountains on the horizon.  The incised valley of the Yellowstone River stretches from left to right in the middle distance.  Steep valley walls are illuminated by sunlight in the center.&nbsp

Yellowstone caldera viewed from Mount Washburn.  The caldera is the low-lying area extending from the foothills of Mount Washburn in the foreground to the rugged mountains on the horizon.  The incised valley of the Yellowstone River stretches from left to right in the middle distance.  Steep valley walls are illuminated by sunlight in the center.&nbsp

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