and to the plumes and smells
trees have a difficult live here
the boardwalk keeps your feet dry and relatively cold
and she is used to visitors
people are waiting for the next Steamboat eruption
a bubbling mudpot
this is one of many small active geysers
Walking trails, some boardwalked to
keep your feet dry and cool, give you ample opportunity to see, hear and smell the mudpots, hotpools and geysers.
Making things
even more spectacular are several bison and elk that inhabit the area..
One of the main attractions is
Porcelain Basin.
Its waters have a very low pH (high acidity) so not much is growing or living here, but the abundant minerals provide for
some colorful scenes.
Norris features scores of fumeroles and geysers, with the
Steamboat Geyser as its unchallenged
champion.
Major Steamboat eruptions are pretty unpredictable and rare, but when it blows, it can reach heights of up to 90 meters.
Minor
eruptions and puffs are more frequent however, so you definitely should try your luck here.
We first visited Norris in July
1990 and returned in June 1992.
Porcelain Basin as seen from way up.
a grazing elk is not impressed by the spectacular panorama, it has seen it all
and there she blows
roaring and hissing plumes emanate from below
