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Yellowstone Falls #2


Yellowstone Falls #2
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Copyright: Mike Basil (mbasil) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 298 W: 127 N: 289] (1966)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-05-13
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D50, Nikkor 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 G ED AF-S VR, Tiffen Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/11, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-18 8:34
Viewed: 577
Points: 12
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I shot lower Yellowstone Falls last fall, under very different conditions. I thought it was worth a return this spring. I was lucky enough to catch it right after a spring snow. Remarkable!

For those of you not familar with this landmark, "Yellowstone Falls consist of two major waterfalls on the Yellowstone River, within Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. As the Yellowstone river flows north from Yellowstone Lake it decreases in altitude and plunges first over Upper Yellowstone Falls and then a quarter mile (400 m) downstream over Lower Yellowstone Falls, at which point it then enters the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, which is up to 1,000 feet (304 m) deep. The upper falls {44°42′46″N, 110°29′59″W) is 109 feet (33 m) high while the lower falls (44°43′05″N, 110°29′46″W) is 308 feet (94 m) high, or almost twice as high as Niagara. The volume of water is in no way comparable to Niagara as the width of the Yellowstone River before it goes over the lower falls is 70 feet (22 m), whereas Niagara is a half mile (800 m). The lower falls of the Yellowstone is still the largest volume major waterfall in the Rocky Mountains of the United States. The volume of water flowing over the falls can vary from 63,500 USgal/s (240 m³/s) at peak runoff to 5,000 USgal/s (19 m³/s) in the fall.

The lower falls descend from the 590,000 year old Canyon Rhyolite lava flow, while the brink of the upper falls marks the junction between a hard rhyolite lava flow and weaker glassy lava that has been more heavily eroded.

It is believed that Jim Bridger may have been the first white American to see the falls in 1846. The Folsom Party, a private group of explorers working in close relationship with the U.S. Government, named the falls in 1869. During the Hayden Expedition of 1870 to 1871, the falls were documented in photographs by Frank J. Haynes and William Henry Jackson and later in paintings by Thomas Moran."
(from Wikipedia)
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Hi Mike,

Wonderfull waterfall, I like it, the POV is really good, with the snow, this picture is really not trivial !

Lovely one

Welldone

GUY

Hi Mike

Amazing landscape and fantastic shot. Love the huge falls.
The patches of snow is looking stunningly beautiful along with the small trees. Good composition and very informative not.

Regards,

Lopshang.

Hi Mike. Spectacular, especially with the snow adding another dimension. It’s only when you see the trees that you realise the scale of the falls. Well controlled exposure and good composition. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers, Paul.

Hi Mike,
a beautiful waterfull, only springly?
Wonderful landscape, with good light and colors.
Ciao
Ludo

Quite a stunning photo here of these spectacular falls. Really a remarkable shot in the late spring. Very nicely done.

Salut Mike..
Ca c'est de la cascade.. impressionnante, de toute beauté, au milieu de la neige, c'est réellement magnifique,
merci du partage..
Le yellowstone, ta photo me donne vraiment de l'inscrire sur ma liste de voyage..
Cyril

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