Norris Geyser Basin Review

This is one of the hot springs in Yellowstone Park. The spring water is very clear, and it is dark blue. It is very beautiful. There is also a small museum near the hot springs. It is an introduction to the hot springs in Yellowstone Park. It is worth visiting.

Norris Gap Spring is in the west of Yellowstone Park. There is a spring eye. The colors are dark blue and very beautiful, but there is hot spring water inside. It feels that Yellowstone Park is very rich in color.

Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest and most unstable series of geysers in Yellowstone Park. Steamboat Geyser, the world's largest geyser, is also located in this area. It erupted only once in a long time. The last eruption was in 2008. It set a record of 380 feet. The geysers in this area are also quite rich in color, including clear blue-green and soft blue-white like milk. Because of its instability, new fountains are produced every year, and old fountains die. There are also some orange or green rivers formed by fungi, which are very beautiful.

Fountain paint pot fluttering mud is like boiling soybean milk, so it is also called "mud spring". Anyway, this is a station that can not be missed in Yellowstone Park. This small scenic spot, which concentrates all four hydrothermal forms of Yellowstone - "geyser geyser geyser geyser geyser geyspring, hot spring will boil and overflow hot springs, mud pot mud pot and fumarole blowhole. What you can see is that Silex spring silica springs are oceanic blue. The water temperature is close to the boiling point and gushing out all the time. Standing on the pavement, you can clearly feel the heat waves.

Day 4: The deeper Huangshi goes, the more he feels the magic of nature. In the 1980s, a big fire burned Yellowstone all over. After nearly decades of recovery, we can still see the traces of the big fire, but driving on the park road, between the Rocky Mountains, the changing scenery constantly hit our eyes. I really want to hold the sack in my hand and put the beautiful scenery in my pocket, and then I can turn it up and enjoy it.

The Norris Geyser Basin is the most active and longest-lasting geothermal region in North America. It has been about 1150 years since then. This is the region with the highest temperature of all geothermal resources in Huangshi, located at the intersection of three fault lines, including the Norris-Mammoth corridor fault line and the Hebgen Lake fault line (the fault line from northwest of Huangshi Town in Congxi to Norris). Relevant research shows that the temperature of 300 meters underground in Norris area has reached 237 degrees Celsius. In 2003, the area was temporarily closed because of the rising temperature of surrounding rocks. Unlike other geyser basins in Huangshi, the water in Norris area is acidic (geysers in other areas are basically alkaline), and different PH values between springs produce different kinds of microorganisms at the same time, which results in different colors of surrounding and spring water. In addition, the geothermal landscape here will vary with the season. Norris area browsing is mainly divided into two parts, Porcelain Basin and Back Basin. Most tourists will choose the former for browsing, because the distance is relatively short, and the traveling distance is only about 1 mile/1.6 kilometers. Porcelain Basin is the hottest place in Yellowstone. Although the condensation of water vapor makes it difficult for me to see the appearance of most geysers, it is easy to tell by sound that some springs are rolling. As I said earlier, Porcelain Basin is the main area for visitors to browse in Nuris Geyser Basin. But nowadays, most tourists seem to lose interest in it. There are only a few people on the winding roadway. Think about it, in such weather, people can see only that layer of water vapor, except for nothing else. Back Basin is quieter than Porcelain Basin. Browsing the trestle lane, which is about 2/3 miles in length, may be one reason why many people abandon it. After all, most tourists stay in Huangshi for a limited time. Back Basin is located in a forest. In order to see the whole scenic spot, I finished the whole journey of Back Basin browsing the stack Road in such a weather that is not suitable for geothermal landscape. After all, it's not easy to come here, and I have time. Most geysers in the Back Basin area are "quiet", but this is only temporary. The Steamboat geyser in this area is the highest and still active geyser in the world. Unlike the famous Old Faithful geysers, which erupt frequently, the interval between two large-scale eruptions of Steamboat geysers is usually very long. According to the data, the longest large-scale eruption interval of Steamboat geyser can be as long as 50 years. Once erupted, the geyser can emit water columns up to 90 meters. In the interval between two large-scale eruptions, the Steamboat geyser usually has small-scale eruptions, and its water column can reach about 12 meters. In addition, Echinus Geyser in Back Basin is the largest acidic geyser in Yellowstone. This geyser was very active and erupted every few hours, so it attracted a lot of tourists. But in recent years, it has been quieter. To be honest, I had great expectations for the Norris Geyser Basin before I came to Huangshi, but maybe because of the weather, maybe Norris itself is very ordinary visually. Although I spent about two and a half hours on Norris's browsing aisle, the memory left here is too little.

The weather in Yellowstone is unpredictable, because of the impact of geothermal, the weather forecast here will not be too accurate, it is said that the week before we came (end of May) is still snow, some of the mountains also see snow state. The day before, Yellowstone was still raining, but fortunately it was sunny when we visited. On the day we were preparing to leave the United States, we heard from the tour guide that it was snowing again in Yellowstone (mid June), so the weather here was really unpredictable, and the weather was really bad. It is estimated that the scenery that the leaves turn yellow in the autumn of September should be the most beautiful. I hope to drive back to Yellowstone Park next time in autumn.