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"Now comes the gloaming. The alpenglow is fading into earthy, murky gloom, but do not let your town habits draw you away to the hotel. Stay on this good fire-mountain and spend the night among the stars. Watch their glorious bloom until the dawn, and get one more baptism of light. Then with fresh heart, go down to your work, and whatever your fate, under whatever ignorance or knowledge you may have afterward chance to suffer, you will remember these fine, wild views, and look back with joy to your wanderings in the blessed old Yellowstone Wonderland."
---- JOHN MUIR

One of my favorite National Parks, Yellowstone is also a favorite of many others who come here from not only all over the United States, but from around the world. I avoid the summer and prefer the fall when the sun is lower and the crowds smaller. This image is Castle Geyser. I focused on the bacterial mat which is interesting for its details and colors.