Mammoth Hot Springs

Toward the northwest entrance to Yellowstone, near Fort Yellowstone is the Mammoth Hot Springs complex. It is a large hill of travertine that has built up over thousands of years from calcium carbonate that preciptates out of the cooling water and builds a rock called travertine.


View Medium or Large image. 		Hot springs from a distance

Date: August 26, 2010
Location: Mamoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY

View Medium or Large image. 		Travertine Terraces
At the base of the terraces.
Date: August 26, 2010
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY

View Medium or Large image. 		Travertine Terraces
At the base of the terraces.
Date: August 26, 2010
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY

View Medium or Large image. 		The top of a Travertine Terrace
At the top, the water is steaming hot, it cools as it comes down the terrace.
Date: August 26, 2010
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY

View Medium or Large image. 		Liberty cap
named because of it's resemblance to a revoluionary war era "liberty cap". It is a now inactive hot spring.
Date: August 26, 2010
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY

View Medium or Large image. 		Fort Yellowstone
Fort Yellowstone is a former army base that serves as the administrative headquarters of Yellowstone National Park. There are also visitor facilities here.
Date: August 26, 2010
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY

View Medium or Large image. 		Trees in a field

Date: August 26, 2010
Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY