YELLOWSTONE · A FIELD GUIDE

Geyser basin

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Landscapes shaped by heat

A stylized 3D interpretation, not a surveyed reconstruction or live park conditions. Distances, terrain and wildlife are composed for exploration. The geyser is illustrative, not an eruption forecast.

Grand Prismatic's colored bands are formed by heat-loving microbes. The Lower Falls drops 308 feet. Lamar Valley is home to bison. The caldera view shows surface country, not exposed magma.

The optional sound is synthesized - geothermal hiss and bloops, river and falls whitewater, wind, birds and ravens per place - not a field recording. Motion starts paused if your device asks for reduced motion.

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