Saturday Sunset

The Great Fountain Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, from the Department of Interior.  

Sunday Sunrise

Sunrise at Old Faithful, courtesy of the Department of Interior.

Bison, at Dragon’s Mouth

  The National Park Service published this fantastic photo today of bisonĀ  trying to feed at Dragon’s Mouth Spring in Yellowstone.

On This Day, 141 Years Ago

Today is Yellowstone National Park’s formal birthday. The Park’s 141-year-old history is interesting and worth checking out. The land’s “human history” goes back even further — almost 11,000 years ago, Native Americans inhabited the environs and remained there until European fur traders came into it about 200 years ago. On March 1, 1872, PresidentĀ  Ulysses…