norris geyser basin

据说这片geyser海拔较高，是黄石最热的地方，确实枯萎空荡荡一大片，没有树荫，中午过来时温度略高，有很多条铺好的trail走，几乎平路，比较容易走，不过景色没太多特色

冒烟的山并不在Norris geyser basin，但一定和这一片地热密切相连。在傍晚路过该山是竟然一点没有发现他的异常，但是二天早上路过是发现其蒸蒸腾腾，好像立刻就会爆发一般。这也是一种喷发的形式呵。非常值得一看！

从山上看不错，走起来挺累的我们没走完，看起来不大，走起来要全部走完有点大啊感觉最好的景观是在山上看下去，很大气。走下去了反而觉得没什么特别了。而且，我们去的时候水量很小，很多都干了

We saw this as part of our Tauck winter wonderland tour. So beautiful. Our favorite part was the Fountain Paint Pots. Fascinating thermal activity and so picturesque.

I loved it! The whole Yellowstone Caldera is transected by a major fault which runs south into Yellowstone and another fault which crosses it and runs east. Additionally there are numerousfractures radiating from the Yellowstone Caldera. These fractures collect precipitation which is heated by the earth's core producing hot springs, geysers, mud pots and steam vents. This and more is explained in the Norris Geyser Basin Museum which I think makes a great place to start. The museum is big enough to be greatly informative but not overwhelming. From the museum there are two looped trails, the Porcelain Basin trail which is densely packed with geothermal features and the Back Basin Trail which is forested and the geothermal features are spread apart. Together the trails are about 2 1/4 miles of flat to moderate inclines and well maintained. Steamboat Geyser is the tallest active geyser in the world. When it erupts which is infrequently it spouts water 380' in the air. Walking through Porcelain Basin there is a distinct sulfuric acid odor. The acid also creates the siliceous sinter which gives the basin an overall whitish appearance. Siliceous sinter is very noticeable around steam vents.Sulfur and iron oxides have a distinctive yellowish appearance and can be seen through the Yellowstone basin. At Echinus Geyser light red-brown iron oxide deposited with silica color this crater. The Ph here is 3.3 which is equivalent to vinegar with water temperatures at 190 degrees F.. Minute geyser erupts at a frequency that the name implies. In many of the pools you will notice lime green Cyanidium algae and orange cyanobacteria which live and grow on the pools borders. Your going to hear the occasional roar and hissing sounds produced by erupting geysers. The Norris Geyser Basin is unique in that it has the hottest water, it has acidic pools and is the most changeable geothermal area in Yellowstone with features changing, as well as, appearing and disappearing. Great hiking, science and scenery with fewer crowds.

A lot of people feel the same way I do - a walk on the boardwalk of the Norris Geyser basin is a must on your way in or out of Yellowstone. The variety, scenics and trails are terrific.

The Norris Geyser Basin is another lovely place to stop and go for a hike and take in the various geological features of Yellowstone.It you are lucky you are catch the steamboat geyser - but it's so unpredictable, so I wouldn't bank on it. The colours are lovely, and there are lots of wide open spaces to see the changes in the landscape.The colours are a tad less vibrant than the other basins, so if you had to pick 1 to skip, I'd skip this one - but if you are there more than 24 hours you should have time to stop in. And like everything else in Yellowstone - awesome.

This trail is several miles long and contains lots of stairs. Even if you're not able to do the hike, walk out to the ranger building and look out across the basin. You can still experience the beauty, even from a distance.

If this were the only geyser basin you visited, you would be impressed, but compared with any of the others, don't bother - unless you happen to know that one of the mega geysers is going to erupt soon.

Of all the geyser stops this one was just okay for me. The trail was a nice easy walk. The only thing that stood out about this stop vs all the others was a river of green. That was worth seeing, but otherwise it didn't stand out from all the other amazing and more memorable stops.

Although the OLD Faithful Geyser constitutes the main attraction of the National Park of Yellowstone, other places as the Norris Geyser Basin deserves that we stop there during long minutes. By walking in the marked out path, we had the opportunity to see a geyser emerging from the ground; which magnificent show). How to describe the majestic side of the site entitled Living Colors... In brief, remarkable.

Sometimes you may feel you are tired or seeing geysers (there are so many of them in YNP), but every 2 mins you will come across one totally different than any you had seen previously. And that's what makes Norris must visit. The steamboat geyser is the most popular geyser here, but it's more frequent eruptions are not that impressive. And you are most likely not going to catch the non-frequent ones (these are months apart). Other than this, there are many small geysers and pools - some that look like they belong in heaven, some that look like they belong in hell.

This is probably the hottest geyser basin in Yellowstone. In 1929, test wells were bored to determine the subsurface temperatures, which increase geometrically with depth here. The effort had to be abandoned after a temperature of 401 degrees was encountered in one hole only 265 feet deep, which heat threatened to destroy the drilling rig. The basin is packed with hundreds of geysers, pools, hot springs, and other hydrothermal features. Boardwalk trails, a couple of feet above this harsh terrain, lopped through the area, allowing us access to places we would not otherwise have tread. There were bison here, some standing in shallow water.

Another example of how Yellowstone is so much more than just Old Faithful. Get here early as the parking lot is not huge and spots become scarce. The place is other-worldly. Pre-historic may be a better description. The variety of geysers, springs, vents. etc. has you walking through a steaming landscape. As we started to walk through the back basin it began raining so (if you want to call walking in the rain lucky) we were lucky enough to have the place all to ourselves. It was an experience I will never forget.

The Norris Geyser Basin is divided between the Porcelain Basin and the Back Basin. We walked the loop boardwalk trail around the Porcelain Basin. The milky color of the mineral deposited here inspired its name. We continue our walk around the thermal area stopping at Congress Pool, Colloidal Pool (a large, shallow, funnel-shaped pool or three or four pools when the water level is low which is how we see it) and Sunday Geyser (a long narrow pool named in response to its large initial eruption on Sunday, July 12, 1964 but since then it rarely erupts). The bright rainbow colors of the water run-off are pretty near Pinwheel Geyser. Crackling Lake and its neighbor Crackling Lake Spring complete the loop. From the basin overlook, we also see Black Growler Steam Vent actively billowing steam. A connecting path leads us to the Back Basin (1.5 mile loop trail). We pass by Echinus and Steamboat Geysers – neither is erupting. Vixen Geyser is a deep-throated bubbling geyser with a dry gray surface. Veteran Geyser smolders in steam. I overhear a couple watching the water eruptions from one of the thermal features. “That was a good one!” You know how people applaud firework displays? Well; visitors appreciate Yellowstone’s geyser eruptions the same way as fireworks. Go, geysers!