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Photo: Waterfall Informational Sign
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- Point of Interest: Canyon Village - Grand View
- Park: Yellowstone National Park
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Section: General
Submission Information
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Location
Latitude / Longitude:
44° 53.44' N
110° 53.64' W
110° 53.64' W
Point of Interest:
Technical
Taken Date:
Aug. 16th, 2004
Taken Time:
3:33 PM
Submitted:
Jan. 7th, 2005
Camera Type:
SONY CYBERSHOT
Shutter Speed:
1/400 sec
Aperture:
f/4
Maximum Aperture:
f/2.04
Exposure Bias:
0
Exposure Program:
Program Normal
Focal Length:
9.7 mm
Flash:
No Flash
Metering:
Multi-Segment
ISO Speed:
100
Comments
Comments:
Waterfall Makers
Here the Yellowstone River plunges 308 feet over the Lower Falls. Hot springs have weakened the rock just downstream, where you might see several geysers spouting into the river. As falling water pounds the thermally softened rock, it continues to undercut the falls and deepen the gorge.
In this geologically active landscape, the park's riverbeds drop abruptly in more than a hundred locations. A half-mile upstream, the Upper Falls formed at a junction of a lava flow and glacial lake sediments - one dense and hard, the other brittle and easily eroded.
[Lower image caption]
A waterfall is a clue that you are standing at a geologic crossroads.
[Caption for upper right image]
A small geyser vent beside the Yellowstone River.
Here the Yellowstone River plunges 308 feet over the Lower Falls. Hot springs have weakened the rock just downstream, where you might see several geysers spouting into the river. As falling water pounds the thermally softened rock, it continues to undercut the falls and deepen the gorge.
In this geologically active landscape, the park's riverbeds drop abruptly in more than a hundred locations. A half-mile upstream, the Upper Falls formed at a junction of a lava flow and glacial lake sediments - one dense and hard, the other brittle and easily eroded.
[Lower image caption]
A waterfall is a clue that you are standing at a geologic crossroads.
[Caption for upper right image]
A small geyser vent beside the Yellowstone River.