Yellowstone National Park - Norris Geyser Basin
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The trailhead map for the Norris Geyser Basin, denoting major geothermal features. We would tour the Porcelain Basin first and the Back Basin thereafter...
An aerial image, courtesy of Google Earth, identifying the location of each feature pictured in the Porcelain Basin portion of this album...
The trailhead for Norris Geyser Basin...
Our first view of the basin as we arrived from the parking area...
Entering the Porcelain Basin, the name given to the northern portion of the Norris Geyser Basin...
"This hillside is venting. Escaping sulfuric acid, gasses, and steam create a barren and very dangerous landscape called a 'solfatara'. Scalding mud and steam are often barely covered by crumbling, decomposing rock. Unlike other geothermal features, a solfatara's high concentration of sulfuric acid breaks down the surrounding rock making a confined 'plumbing system' unlikely so that the gasses and steam emerge less dramatically." -- Trail Interpretive Sign
Location: Norris Geyser Basin (Porcelain Basin) Type: Hot Spring Temperature: 200'F Dimensions: n/a Depth: n/a
Location: Norris Geyser Basin (Porcelain Basin) Type: Hot Spring Temperature: 200'F Dimensions: n/a Depth: n/a
Norris Geyser Basin (Porcelain Basin)
Overlooking the Pocelain Basin from the upper portion of the 0.9-mile boardwalk which circles through it...
Location: Norris Geyser Basin (Porcelain Basin) Type: Hot Spring Terraces Temperature: 203'F Dimensions: n/a Depth: n/a
Location: Norris Geyser Basin (Porcelain Basin) Type: Hot Spring Terraces Temperature: 203'F Dimensions: n/a Depth: n/a
Location: Norris Geyser Basin (Porcelain Basin) Type: Fumerole Temperature: 280'F Dimensions: n/a Depth: n/a