Who would have thought it? To find such a natural paradise in the park of a hospital, right next to a six-lane, heavily trafficked inner-city road. The Asklepios Klinik Altona has created three small lakes surrounded by big old trees … read more or write a comment …
The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus name arenaria derives from arenarius, »inhabiting sand, from arena, »sand«. The specific … read more or write a comment …
This article concludes my report on my stay in Yellowstone National Park. At the end we drove to the northern exit of the national park to Gardiner and from there we spent a day at the sinter terraces of Mammoth … read more or write a comment …
Norris Geyser Basin is named after the former superindendent of Yellowstone National Park Philetus W. Norris. It is the hottest hydrothermal area of the National Park and extremely volatile. Again and again the hot springs and geysers change, new ones … read more or write a comment …
What a great experience! Only 100 yards away on the other bank of the Yellowstone River. A grizzly! We just came from Mud Volcano and wanted to drive along the banks of Yellowstone River a little bit, when suddenly an … read more or write a comment …
Early in the morning, 6:15am — we drove through the early morning fog from Canyon Village to Hayden Valley to see large herds of bison. But the surprise was big, the first bison cop approached us in the dark from … read more or write a comment …
After visiting the Upper Geyser Basin with its geysers Old Faithful, Beehive, Grand and Castle, it was clear to us that we wanted to see the fascinating Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. What could be better to spend the nights … read more or write a comment …
The Upper Geyser Basin also includes the biggest and most famous hot spring of Yellowstone: Grand Prismatic Spring! After our long hike in the Upper Geyser Basin we decided to went to Grand Prismatic Spring by car. Before you got … read more or write a comment …
The Great American Eclipse, 21st of August — and we weren’t there. Just arrived in Old Faithful, it was soon clear to us that we didn’t want to make our way to the solar eclipse on the only road from … read more or write a comment …
Since the discovery of Yellowstone at the beginning of the 19th century, the Old Faithful Geyser erupts every 90 minutes. Depending on how strong the previous eruption was, i. e. how long and how high it was, the rangers can … read more or write a comment …
The Black Sand Basin is located on the Yellowstone National Park’s ring road only 1.5 km northwest of Old Faithful. It is an isolated hydrothermal area with large hot springs and some small geysers, which got its name from some … read more or write a comment …
At our first visit to Schwalbacher’s Landing I know, I want to to be here a second time in early morning hours, when the sunrise will illuminate the Grand Teton. I dreamed of gigantic clouds over the Grand Teton, with … read more or write a comment …