LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY > YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK > Yellowstone Falls from Artist Point (Yellowstone National Park)
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Artist Point is one of the most picturesque places to view Yellowstone Falls, an impressive 308′ (94 m) waterfall twice the height of Niagara Falls. The deep canyon carved out by the Yellowstone River has been called “The Grand Canyon of The Yellowstone” and is characterized by steep cliffs of beautiful multi-colored soils. The scene in this photograph looks in the opposite direction of Yellowstone Falls.
Yellowstone National Park is famous for its fascinating hydrothermal and geological features such as geysers, hot springs, mudpots and fumaroles. Yellowstone became the world’s first national park on March 1, 1872, in efforts to preserve these important natural wonders.
Yellowstone is a gigantic volcanic caldera (a large volcanic crater that is formed by a gigantic eruption that results in the collapse of the mouth of the volcano). Magma comes relatively near the Earth’s surface at Yellowstone, and the heat from it drives the hydrothermal activity. More than half of the world’s total active geysers are found within Yellowstone, as well as 10,000 other hydrothermal features.
Some of Yellowstone’s best-known features include Old Faithful Geyser, Mammoth Hot Spring, Grand Prismatic Spring and Yellowstone Falls, which forms the “Grand Canyon of The Yellowstone”. Interestingly, Yellowstone is also home to the largest concentration of mammals in the contiguous (lower 48) states, including bison, elk, bighorn sheep, grizzly bears, mountain lions, pronghorn and wolves.