Grand Prismatic Spring – Michael Rappa

American Northwest Trip, 2017: Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone

December 27, 2018January 9, 2019 Michael Rappa

The Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park features several geysers and springs. The crown jewel of this basin is the Grand Prismatic Spring, notable for its massive size and spectacular colors. I first saw the spring up close and then I hiked up a hill to an overlook to get a bird’s eye view, which is the best way to appreciate its beauty—truly one of the most memorable sights in the entire park. All of the mist you see in these photos is actually steam rising from boiling water in the geysers and springs.

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Grand Prismatic Spring (viewed from the eponymous lookout trail).

Opal Pool

Yellowstone National Park: Midway Geyser Basin - August, 2017

Grand Prismatic Spring

Excelsior Geyser Crater

View from Grand Prismatic Spring Lookout Trail.

Boiling water from Excelsior Geyser running down into Firehole River.

Excelsior Geyser

Turquoise Pool

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American Northwest Trip, 2017: The Movie

March 4, 2018 Michael Rappa

This compilation of the videos I shot on my trip last summer includes footage of Mount Hood, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Devils Tower, and drives through Shoeshone and Bighorn national forests, Spearfish Canyon, and Custer State Park. I sped up the driving videos for effect and time—I wasn’t really driving that fast. 🙂

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American Northwest Trip 2017 – The Panoramas

February 1, 2018February 18, 2018 Michael Rappa1 Comment

At last, nearly five months after returning from my trip out West, I finished processing my final batch of photos (sometimes this photography hobby is like having a second job). This collection of horizontal and vertical panoramas feature photos from my visits to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, as well as Mount Rushmore and Portland, Oregon.

Uncharacteristically for me, I took almost no real panorama shots on this trip. In fact, only two of the photos below were shot as panoramas. The rest were created by stitching together pairs of similar shots that I thought would look better combined than as individual photos.

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