Yellowstone National Park was America’s first national park for good reason—geothermal features proving our precious earth is alive and breathing, wildlife populations that recall what the continent once was, and landscapes ranging from the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone to the otherworldly terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs. Old Faithful erupts with (semi-)reliable punctuality, but it’s often the unexpected moments that stay with you: a bison herd crossing the road at dawn, steam rising from myriad unnamed hot springs, or the surreal colors of Grand Prismatic Spring that photograph like an artist’s imagination rather than geological reality. This is nature operating at full volume, dramatic and untamed.
