{"id":15475,"date":"2020-01-31T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=15475"},"modified":"2023-04-03T12:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:10:44","slug":"sapphire-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/sapphire-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Sapphire Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sapphire Pool is one of my favorite pools within the Yellowstone National Park. The colors are amazing and it has nice mountains in the background.<\/p>\n<p>The pool measures approximately 18 feet by 30 feet and the temperature of the water is between 200-202\u00b0F.\u00a0 The pool, named for its blue, crystal-clear water and for its resemblance to an Oriental sapphire, was once a placid hot pool. It was not until after the 1959 earthquake that major eruptions occurred. For several years following the earthquake powerful eruptions at two hour intervals reached 150 feet. The force of the eruptions caused the crater to double in size, destroying the biscuit-like formations around its edge, and the crystal-clear water became murky. By 1968 Sapphire ceased to function as a true geyser. Today Sapphire still retains its crystal-clear, blue water, and still violently boils and surges occasionally.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15472\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/sapphire-pool\/sapphire-pool-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit-e1580430270625.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,911\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Sapphire Pool&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580152603&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2020&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sapphire Pool photographed in the winter of 2020. The pool is located just north of Old Faithful in the Buscuit Basin of Yellowstone National Park.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sapphire Pool\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Sapphire Pool photographed in the winter of 2020. The pool is located just north of Old Faithful in the Buscuit Basin of Yellowstone National Park.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sapphire Pool&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit-e1580430270625-750x456.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit-e1580430270625.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-15472 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit-e1580430270625.jpg\" alt=\"Sapphire Pool\" width=\"1500\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit-e1580430270625.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit-e1580430270625-750x456.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20200127-yellowstone-np-110-pano-edit-e1580430270625-500x304.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sapphire Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5d-mark-iv\/\">Canon EOS 5D Mark IV<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-ef-16-35mm-f4l-is-usm-lens\/\">Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4 Lens<\/a> set on 16 mm. The camera was set on Manual mode with the aperture set at f\/8, shutter speed at 1\/250th of a second and the ISO set at 100. I used a tripod for stability and my polarizer filter to eliminate the refleciton on the surface. This is a series of five photographs combined into a single image using Lightroom and completed in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex Pro.<\/p>\n<p>You can see my gallery for the Yellowstone area by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/yellowstone-np-area\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" alt=\"T. Kahler Photography\" width=\"177\" height=\"49\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a9 2020 T. Kahler Photography, All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n<p>PS: Please don\u2019t respond to this message as it will not reach me. Either post a comment or forward your response to my email address (terry@tkahler.com).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sapphire Pool is located in the Biscuit Basin of Yellowstone National Park. 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