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photos & videos by Evan J. Moore
Photos from all over the United States. From grand national parks to my own backyard.
National Parks
My journey to visit every national park. Below are some highlights from these trips
Old rot brings new growth
Olympic National Park
The rich primeval rain forests of the Olympic peninsula is the perfect place for moss to grow. Nearly everything in the peninsula is covered in moss. There is so much growth in the forest that trees cant even take root unless its atop a dead log. This phenomenon is called a “nurse Log”, since it provides the necessary nutrients and environment for new trees to take root. This also contributes to some gnarled and twisted root structures. This phenomena is part of the reason these forests are so unique and need to be protected.
Mycelium
Some of the many fungi the grow in this primeval forest. It is the most densely fungi populated place i have ever been. Nearly every log had mushrooms, from several feet big to tiny ones you can barley see. Its even home to my favorite mushroom to eat. The Golden Chanterelle, goes great in chicken alfredo.
A wilderness of deadly beauty
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone national park sits on top of a super volcano as many are aware. This creates this bizarre landscape that’s as deadly as it is beautiful. This hot spot causes a plethora of geothermal features to form. many of which are world renowned.
Old Faithful
Old Faithful is Yellowstone's most iconic geothermal feature and the most iconic geyser on earth. It resides in Yellowstone supper geyser basin. Yellowstone has 6 main geyser basins that make up the park.
Upper basin is the most famous basin at Yellowstone. It contains Old Faithful and a majority of the well known geysers at Yellowstone. This is also where the Lodge and Visitors center is located with 2.5 miles of board walks connecting various geysers and geothermal features.
Lower basin is a smaller basin near the upper basin. It mainly contains mud pots including fountain paint pot. It also has a couple geysers including great fountain geyser which goes off every 9-15 hours.
Norris basin feels almost alien to walk through. Its a large basin containing allot of bizarre geothermal features. It is also the most fluid geyser basin with new ones forming and old ones dying frequently. it is best known for steamboat geyser which is unpredictable. May be days or even decades between eruptions
Midway geyser basin is best known for grand prismatic hot spring. There are some smaller geysers here and a geyser turned hot spring. Excelsior geyser had an explosion around 1888 and has since been a open hot spring. this basin is mainly known for its variety of colors due to the bacteria and microbes in the hot springs.
Biscuit basin has suffered a hydrothermal explosion on July 23rd 2024 which has since closed the basin. Before this explosion it had 3 beautiful blue pools.
West thumb is unique in that it is on the edge of Yellowstone lake. This means that some of the features are in the lake itself such as fishing cone. It got its name because fishermen used to catch fish on the cone then dip the fish in the hoot water of the cone while it was still on the line.
Land of the Giants
Zion National Park
Wind Carved Canyons
Land of hoodoos
Bryce Canyon National Park
Forest of Glowing Stone
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