Paddle Boarding Yellowstone Lake

by Priscilla Burgers

Title

Paddle Boarding Yellowstone Lake

Artist

Priscilla Burgers

Medium

Photograph - Photography

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PADDLE BOARDING YELLOWSTONE LAKE by PRISCILLA BURGERS

A paddle boarder on Yellowstone Lake enjoys a view of Fishing Cone Geyser in West Thumb Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. In the earlier part of the 20th century, this cone had eruptions as high as 40 feet. As the water level in Yellowstone Lake has increased, the cone is now inundated during the spring and the temperatures in the cone have cooled enough that it no longer erupts and is now considered a hot spring, The name Fishing Cone can be traced back to tales told by mountain men of a lake where you could catch a fish then immediately dunk it into a hot spring and cook it on the hook. A member of the 1870 Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition popularized this feat. Park visitors used to be allowed to fish off the cone and cook the fish in the boiling water, but these activities are now prohibited. The ban was announced in November 1911 and became effective in the beginning of 1912.

West Thumb Geyser Basin is one of the smallest geyser basins in Yellowstone yet its location along the shore of Yellow-stone Lake ranks it as the most scenic. West Thumb derived its name from the thumb-like projection of Yellowstone Lake and the name was given by the 1870 Washburn Expedition. West Thumb has less geyser activity than other basins, but West Thumb, for its size, has it all-hot springs, pools, mud pots, fumaroles and lake shore geysers.

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THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE FOLLOWING GROUPS FOR FEATURING THIS IMAGE:

- Images That Excite You Group - 11/22/2015
- Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery Group - 11/22/2015
- Collectors Gallery - 11/23/2015
- Colors Blue Turquoise Photography and Paints Group - 11/23/2015
- Nature Photography Group - 11/23/2015
- United States National Parks Group - 11/23/2015
- Tranquility Group - 12/1/2015
- USA Photographers Only Group - 3/4/2019

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November 21st, 2015

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