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(Photo note: Mammoth Hot Springs is a large area where mineral laden water has been venting for a long time. A large mound has been created with successive tiers of pools created by mineral walls. The effect of cascading minerals frozen in time is quite dramatic. Where hot water is still moving, the color of the algae adds to the magic of the setting.)
04-SEP-2008
Yellowstone Tour 52
(Photo note: The dead trees are a signal that the water path changed and killed the trees as a result.)
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Seeing four wolves that were unwilling/unable to kill a lone bison certainly provided contradiction to his belief. Biologists also laughed when I told them the man’s story. Not only were grizzly bears not being pushed out of any of their territory, their population had grown. The bears had, in fact, found a new source of food with wolf kills.
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(Photo note: Yellowstone is also home to bighorn sheep and mountain goats. Seeing these sheep near the northwest entrance to the park by Gardiner was unusual. They put on quite a show coming down a steep, rock hillside to get water from the river - at the bottom of the cliff.)