{"id":15667,"date":"2020-02-16T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T06:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=15667"},"modified":"2023-04-03T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T17:07:22","slug":"lower-geyser-basin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/lower-geyser-basin\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Geyser Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A panorama of the Lower Geyser Basin with a dead tree, a probable victim of the Yellowstone toxic environment. I pass this tree and scene each time I take a walk along the Fountain Paint Pot Trail in Yellowstone National Park. The scene is quite serene and I often think about what the early settlers though about this amazing area.<\/p>\n<p>The most visited thermal area in the Lower Geyser Basin is the area known as the Fountain Group. It is located at the edge of Fountain Flats on the west side of the road. From the parking area, 0.5 miles of boardwalk trails pass a sizeable assortment of geysers and springs at the edge of quite a large barren region of deposited minerals and very little vegetation. This is where I found the dead tree. In the distance is <a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/tangled-creek-2\/\">Tangled Creek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15669\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/lower-geyser-basin\/dead-tree\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Dead Tree Panorama&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1580321368&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2020&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;A panorama of a dead tree photographed along the Paint Pot Nature Trail in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the winter of 2020.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dead Tree Panorama\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;A panorama of a dead tree photographed along the Paint Pot Nature Trail in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the winter of 2020.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dead Tree Panorama&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit-750x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15669\" src=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit.jpg\" alt=\"Dead Tree Panorama\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/20200129-yellowstone-np-188-pano-edit-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dead Tree Panorama<\/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 22 mm. The camera was set on Manual mode with the aperture set at f\/11, shutter speed at 1\/100th of a second and the ISO set at 100. I used a tripod for stability and my polarizer filter to enhance the sky. This is a series of four 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. 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