Thursday, June 02, 2005
Wyde-Open Wyoming
Today I struggle with a bad cold and a heavy backlog of work. But two years ago, I, like the buffalo pictured above right, roamed the boardwalks and by-ways of Yellowstone, taking in the geysers, hot springs, and boiling sulfurous mudpits. Yellowstone is about 120 miles north-south and about 80 miles east-west, i.e., it's big. There are seven distinct areas, each with very different geothermal features, hence, the fabled 'seven wonders of Yellowstone.' There is a lake so acid that it has a Ph factor of 2 - nasty stuff - I'd hate to have been the Native American that 'discovered' it....
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