This opening image is far different from a photograph I made of the same arch on a previous visit to Yellowstone in the late fall of 2008. The image I made then http://www.pbase.com/image/104717209 ) speaks of chilling cold, while this image, made from a far different perspective, speaks of the coming of spring. The snows of winter still linger on the mountains in the background, yet the giant swirl of cloud seems about to bring a nourishing shower to the fields of green below it. This historic northern gateway to Yellowstone, was built in the early 20th century, and dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt himself.