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An example Correlation of Map Units chart from the Surficial Geologic Map of Yellowstone National Park (U.S. Geological Survey, 1972) that demonstrates a typical classification scheme for surficial units.
An example Correlation of Map Units chart from the Surficial Geologic Map of Yellowstone National Park (U.S. Geological Survey, 1972) that demonstrates a typical classification scheme for surficial units.
Silicified logs of Queen's Laundry bathhouse
Seismic geyser in Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin during an eruption. Based on the study of George Marler and USGS scientist Donald E.
Seismic geyser in Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin during an eruption. Based on the study of George Marler and USGS scientist Donald E.
Eruptions from drill rods during research drilling in Yellowstone National Park, 1967–1968. Left panel shows initial explosive eruption of water-steam mixture from open drill pipe in drill hole Y-5 (Rabbit Creek) on August 20, 1967.
Eruptions from drill rods during research drilling in Yellowstone National Park, 1967–1968. Left panel shows initial explosive eruption of water-steam mixture from open drill pipe in drill hole Y-5 (Rabbit Creek) on August 20, 1967.
Bob Fournier (left) and Don White (right) at the Y3 drilling site in Pocket Basin adjacent to Ojo Caliente, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, in 1967. USGS Photo.
Bob Fournier (left) and Don White (right) at the Y3 drilling site in Pocket Basin adjacent to Ojo Caliente, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, in 1967. USGS Photo.
Kaleidoscope Geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin. George D. Marler and Donald E.
Kaleidoscope Geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin. George D. Marler and Donald E.
This orthophoto of Pocket Basin, a hydrothermal explosion crater in Yellowstone National Park's Lower Geyser Basin, was created from aerial photos taken in 1965 that were corrected to have uniform scale for use in geologic mapping.
This orthophoto of Pocket Basin, a hydrothermal explosion crater in Yellowstone National Park's Lower Geyser Basin, was created from aerial photos taken in 1965 that were corrected to have uniform scale for use in geologic mapping.
Top: the first thermal infrared images of Yellowstone (1961). Warm areas are brighter; cold areas are darker. These images were published in: McLerran, J.H. and Morgan, J.O. (1965) Thermal mapping of Yellowstone National Park.
Top: the first thermal infrared images of Yellowstone (1961). Warm areas are brighter; cold areas are darker. These images were published in: McLerran, J.H. and Morgan, J.O. (1965) Thermal mapping of Yellowstone National Park.
View of Lower Geyser Basin. Note active thermal pools (Great Fountain Geyser) in the foreground with thermal grasslands—kept treeless by hot soils—and lodgepole pine forest in the distance. Photo by George Marler, 1959.
View of Lower Geyser Basin. Note active thermal pools (Great Fountain Geyser) in the foreground with thermal grasslands—kept treeless by hot soils—and lodgepole pine forest in the distance. Photo by George Marler, 1959.
Aerial view of Black Opal Pool, Black Diamond Pool, and part of Wall Pool, all in Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park, taken in 1959 sometime after the Hebgen Lake earthquake (which occurred on August 17 of that year).
Aerial view of Black Opal Pool, Black Diamond Pool, and part of Wall Pool, all in Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park, taken in 1959 sometime after the Hebgen Lake earthquake (which occurred on August 17 of that year).
Rockslide damage to the Golden Gate area near Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, as a result of the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
Rockslide damage to the Golden Gate area near Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, as a result of the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
Sapphire Pool, in the Upper Geyser Basin, erupting after the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
Sapphire Pool, in the Upper Geyser Basin, erupting after the 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake.
George Marler taking the temperature of a pool at the base of Giant Geyser in the 1950s. Photo from the Yellowstone Research Library.
George Marler taking the temperature of a pool at the base of Giant Geyser in the 1950s. Photo from the Yellowstone Research Library.
The Snake River flowing below the Teton Range. Photo by Ansel Adams, 1942, public domain, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/519904.
The Snake River flowing below the Teton Range. Photo by Ansel Adams, 1942, public domain, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/519904.
Poster containing information about the chemical composition of water from Apollinaris Spring. Analysis is from 1906, but this poster is from the 1920s, when Horace Albright was the park’s Superintendent. Posters like this were posted in hotels and at the spring itself.
Poster containing information about the chemical composition of water from Apollinaris Spring. Analysis is from 1906, but this poster is from the 1920s, when Horace Albright was the park’s Superintendent. Posters like this were posted in hotels and at the spring itself.
Haynes postcard (from a colored photo by Jack Haynes) showing Apollinaris Spring shortly after its 1925 renovation.
Haynes postcard (from a colored photo by Jack Haynes) showing Apollinaris Spring shortly after its 1925 renovation.
Photograph taken several months after the Gros Ventre Slide, Wyoming, showing the slide path (background), debris at the toe (foreground), and the waters of Lower Slide Lake. Photo by William C. Alden, U.S. Geological Survey, 1925.
Photograph taken several months after the Gros Ventre Slide, Wyoming, showing the slide path (background), debris at the toe (foreground), and the waters of Lower Slide Lake. Photo by William C. Alden, U.S. Geological Survey, 1925.
Visitors observing Beryl Spring from the side of the road in 1923, prior to the construction that breached its sinter cap and altered the spring’s characteristics. From the National Park Service archives, retrieved by M.A. Bellingham.
Visitors observing Beryl Spring from the side of the road in 1923, prior to the construction that breached its sinter cap and altered the spring’s characteristics. From the National Park Service archives, retrieved by M.A. Bellingham.
Early visitors at Handkerchief Pool, Black Sand Basin, around 1923.
Early visitors at Handkerchief Pool, Black Sand Basin, around 1923.
The Fountain Hotel with Leather Pool in the foreground and the hot water pipe visible in the meadow. Photo by JP Clum Lantern. Date unknown. Public domain in YELL photo archives (https://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/history/1872_1918/structures/Page.htm).
The Fountain Hotel with Leather Pool in the foreground and the hot water pipe visible in the meadow. Photo by JP Clum Lantern. Date unknown. Public domain in YELL photo archives (https://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/history/1872_1918/structures/Page.htm).
Photo of Dr. Hermon Schlundt and a park ranger sampling a pool in Norris Geyser Basin for radium. The description of the photo states that this was the site where the radioactive element thorium was first discovered in the United States. Plate IIIB from Schlundt and Moore, 1909 (USGS Bulletin 395).
Photo of Dr. Hermon Schlundt and a park ranger sampling a pool in Norris Geyser Basin for radium. The description of the photo states that this was the site where the radioactive element thorium was first discovered in the United States. Plate IIIB from Schlundt and Moore, 1909 (USGS Bulletin 395).