Location Taken: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Time Taken: October 2012
The water of the Yellowstone River flowing north from Yellowstone Lake heading towards the magnificent Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is magnificently clear once the snows come.
You know, I think I detect a naming theme there…
But still, the water at this particular stretch of the river was so strikingly reflective (not to mention reflecting a rather pretty scenery) that I immediately asked my mom to pull off on the side of the road so I could grab a few photos, of which this is the best.
It was rather easy to pull off, actually. Yellowstone park is full of small turn-offs on the side of the road, every hundred feet or so. With the large amount of territory contained within the park, and the random nature of the wildlife who live there, and the even more random nature of the tourists who flock to see said wildlife, adding places for cars to stop without backing up traffic just makes so much sense.
Not that there was any traffic when I took this photo. I’m not sure there was even any cars within a mile of us. For some odd reason, Halloween day isn’t the hottest day for visitors to Yellowstone. Can’t imagine why.
