Only a very small percentage of Yellowstone"s total visitors see the park when it looks like this. In winter, when the park grows quiet, its hydrothermal features really stand out, like the rainbow-hued Grand Prismatic Spring in the bottom center of this image, the most photographed feature in Yellowstone.
National Park Week begins
Today in History
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World Wildlife Conservation Day
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A wild, craggy corner of the United States
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Almond trees in full bloom, California
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Winter solstice
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Everest s shadow on the Himalayas
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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Art over Amalfi
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Ceremony Hall at Sweden s Icehotel
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On this shore, history was made
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Freeze frame
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Midsummer in Sweden
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Kissing Day
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Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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Mexico celebrates its Independence Day
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Nothing plain about it
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Happy Mother s Day
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Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
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Old Town Quito
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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A long path to freedom
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Daylight saving time begins
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Lake Magadi, Kenya
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New Zealand s loneliest mountain
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Macro photograph of a migrant hawker dragonfly
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Swim city
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The birthplace of Cinco de Mayo
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Cross this bridge if you dare