Lone Star Geyser Erupting

Lone Star Geyser Erupting with the sun poking through the clouds at 14:04 on Feb. 4, 2015, after a ski drop from near the continental divide. This is one explosive geyser. Its firehose nozzle shape forces the water from below with high pressure force. The fallout fell down in the form of a geyser shower, soaking me and my camera. You can see a droplet of the geyser’s spray on the front element of my lens on the left side of the image.

Yellowstone
Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park.

Seven Mile Bridge Bobcat 2015

Seven Mile Bridge Bobcat delivers again in 2015…

…and was quite active today, forcing me to trudge through deep snow to keep up with him as he made his way up and down the opposite river bank. He went after a muskrat 10 minutes before we arrived, splashing into the Madison River. I arrived to see him preening his wet coat, only to be attacked by a coyote, which tree-ed the cat. Then saw him stare down some golden eyes (who saw him and changed their direction), and finally multiple successes in the mousing effort. The warmer temperatures this year made for sharper photography, because there wasn’t as much steam coming off the river to soften the image, but this “heatwave” made things a lot warmer when post-holing. 

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