Friday, July 30, 2010

the magic of yellowstone....


We always read how Yellowstone is such a harsh environment, random summer thunderstorms, long hard winters, frigid alpine lakes and steaming geysers.  Yet beauty is found in all of these extremes.  In areas where geyser basins expand over time into forests, tombstones emerge.  The dieing, decaying trees become a vital resource for other organisms in the park.  These "treestones" lay idle as a reminder of what once was....

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