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Images of Yellowstone.
A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) shaded relief image overlaid on an aerial imagery basemap. The Sulphur Hills, part of the Sour Creek Resurgent Dome, are visible in the upper half of the image, while the floodplain and meanders of Pelican Creek are visible at the bottom.
A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) shaded relief image overlaid on an aerial imagery basemap. The Sulphur Hills, part of the Sour Creek Resurgent Dome, are visible in the upper half of the image, while the floodplain and meanders of Pelican Creek are visible at the bottom.
Geology of Yellowstone Map zoomed into the Lower Geyser Basin. This view shows a park-wide geologic map overlaid on a shaded relief layer from a digital elevation model. Red diamonds and black circles show geysers and gas sample locations, respectively.
Geology of Yellowstone Map zoomed into the Lower Geyser Basin. This view shows a park-wide geologic map overlaid on a shaded relief layer from a digital elevation model. Red diamonds and black circles show geysers and gas sample locations, respectively.
Archive view of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory website in 2001.
Archive view of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory website in 2001.
Archive view of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory website in 2009.
Archive view of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory website in 2009.
Submerged trees at the inlet delta of Stanley Lake, Idaho. Liquefaction during shaking from the March 31, 2020, Stanley earthquake caused ground subsidence and collapse of the delta. Photo by Zach Lifton, Idaho Geological Survey, May 2020.
Submerged trees at the inlet delta of Stanley Lake, Idaho. Liquefaction during shaking from the March 31, 2020, Stanley earthquake caused ground subsidence and collapse of the delta. Photo by Zach Lifton, Idaho Geological Survey, May 2020.
Ground fissure along the shore of Stanley Lake, Idaho, cause by liquefaction during shaking from the March 31, 2020, Stanley earthquake. Photo by Zach Lifton, Idaho Geological Survey, May 2020.
Ground fissure along the shore of Stanley Lake, Idaho, cause by liquefaction during shaking from the March 31, 2020, Stanley earthquake. Photo by Zach Lifton, Idaho Geological Survey, May 2020.
Sunset lake in Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone National Park
Sunset lake in Black Sand Basin of Yellowstone National Park
Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park on October 19, 2017.
Grand Prismatic Spring in Midway Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park on October 19, 2017.
The relationship between Δ30 and N2/3He ratios in hydrothermal gases from Iceland and Yellowstone. Δ30 and N2/3He ratios are shown for samples collected from gases in Iceland (yellow circles) and Yellowstone (red circles). The Yellowstone mantle-endmember is arguably indistinguishable in terms of N2/3He from the convecting upper mantle (grey diamonds).
The relationship between Δ30 and N2/3He ratios in hydrothermal gases from Iceland and Yellowstone. Δ30 and N2/3He ratios are shown for samples collected from gases in Iceland (yellow circles) and Yellowstone (red circles). The Yellowstone mantle-endmember is arguably indistinguishable in terms of N2/3He from the convecting upper mantle (grey diamonds).
Map of USGS “Did You Feel It?” reports for the March 31, 2020, M6.5 Stanley, Idaho, earthquake. Taken from https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70008jr5/dyfi/intensity.
Map of USGS “Did You Feel It?” reports for the March 31, 2020, M6.5 Stanley, Idaho, earthquake. Taken from https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us70008jr5/dyfi/intensity.
Imperial Geyser hot spring pool in Yellowstone National Park is about 30 m (about 100 ft) across and contains alkaline-Cl waters with a steam vent in the pool and mudpots outside the pool area (in the upper right part of this photo). USGS Photo by Pat Shanks, 2019.
Imperial Geyser hot spring pool in Yellowstone National Park is about 30 m (about 100 ft) across and contains alkaline-Cl waters with a steam vent in the pool and mudpots outside the pool area (in the upper right part of this photo). USGS Photo by Pat Shanks, 2019.
Annie Carlson, Research Permitting Coordinator for Yellowstone National Park during 2017–2023, during a winter ski expedition in the park. National Park Service photo by Jon Nicholson, January 2020.
Annie Carlson, Research Permitting Coordinator for Yellowstone National Park during 2017–2023, during a winter ski expedition in the park. National Park Service photo by Jon Nicholson, January 2020.
Map of seismicity (yellow circles) in the Yellowstone region during 2019. Gray lines are roads, red line shows the caldera boundary, Yellowstone National Park is outlined by black dashed line, and gray dashed lines denote state boundaries.
Map of seismicity (yellow circles) in the Yellowstone region during 2019. Gray lines are roads, red line shows the caldera boundary, Yellowstone National Park is outlined by black dashed line, and gray dashed lines denote state boundaries.
Color-shaded topographic relief map of the Yellowstone Plateau-Snake River Plain volcanic province showing the track of the Yellowstone hot spot.
Color-shaded topographic relief map of the Yellowstone Plateau-Snake River Plain volcanic province showing the track of the Yellowstone hot spot.
Synchrotron X-Ray microtomography 3D image (a) and cathodoluminescence slice (b) from the same reentrant-bearing quartz crystal from the Lava Creek Tuff. The reentrants are in darker blue in (a) and the black cavities in (b). Note their relationship to quartz growth bands. Red domains are small magnetite crystals.
Synchrotron X-Ray microtomography 3D image (a) and cathodoluminescence slice (b) from the same reentrant-bearing quartz crystal from the Lava Creek Tuff. The reentrants are in darker blue in (a) and the black cavities in (b). Note their relationship to quartz growth bands. Red domains are small magnetite crystals.
Sapphire Pool, an alkaline (pH ~7.5) spring in the Biscuit Basin area of the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park.
Sapphire Pool, an alkaline (pH ~7.5) spring in the Biscuit Basin area of the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park.
An unnamed small acidic (pH ~3) hot spring (with a temperature of about 55°C at the source) in the Gibbon Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. The yellow region is due to the precipitation of sulfur by sulfide-oxidizing chemotrophic microorganisms.
An unnamed small acidic (pH ~3) hot spring (with a temperature of about 55°C at the source) in the Gibbon Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. The yellow region is due to the precipitation of sulfur by sulfide-oxidizing chemotrophic microorganisms.
A digital elevation map of Yellowstone National Park (left) with the location of Yellowstone Lake indicated by the white box. Satellite image (right) of the study site with collection location of core YL16-2C shown by the red circle. Map was originally published in Sabrina Brown’s dissertation (2019).
A digital elevation map of Yellowstone National Park (left) with the location of Yellowstone Lake indicated by the white box. Satellite image (right) of the study site with collection location of core YL16-2C shown by the red circle. Map was originally published in Sabrina Brown’s dissertation (2019).
Rhyolite lavas in the Yellowstone Caldera younger than 631,000 years
Rhyolite lavas in the Yellowstone Caldera younger than 631,000 years
Mineral stability diagram showing minerals that are stable under changing temperature and dissolved silica concentrations that are found at and just beneath the floor of Yellowstone Lake. Two important points illustrated by this diagram are: (1) the minerals that are stable when reacted with vapor-dominated fluids (kaolinite, boehmite) differ substantially fro
Mineral stability diagram showing minerals that are stable under changing temperature and dissolved silica concentrations that are found at and just beneath the floor of Yellowstone Lake. Two important points illustrated by this diagram are: (1) the minerals that are stable when reacted with vapor-dominated fluids (kaolinite, boehmite) differ substantially fro
Several adult wetsalts tiger beetles hunting and basking on and around an alkaline hot spring near Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Robert K. D. Peterson, 2019.
Several adult wetsalts tiger beetles hunting and basking on and around an alkaline hot spring near Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Robert K. D. Peterson, 2019.