This is a photograph of the geyser, Old Faithful, erupting in front of a glowing full moon in Yellowstone National Park. The moon, located behind the spray of Old Faithful, creates a mysterious glow, similar to a halo. What intrigues me most about this picture is how at first glance, the spray from the geyser looks like clouds covering the moon. To someone to quickly glances at it, they might even think this, but if you observe the picture, you are able to tell that the mist is not a cloud, but the erupting geyser. After observing this picture, the questions that come to mind are: What causes geysers to erupt? In the picture, it appears that something is glowing in the bottom right corner-what is that?
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This picture is so cool. Like you described, the water truly does look like a cloud. It's really interesting the way that the moonlight reflects off of the water to create such a holy appearance. The photograph has a kind of mysterious look about it since you can't tell exactly what it is when you first look.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great picture. I was fortunate enough to visit yellowstone national park, and I remember sitting on the fence 50 yards away from it. I witnessed it erupt twice and it was easily one of the cooler things I have ever seen. Seeing this picture brings back great memories and more memories to come. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great picture. I was fortunate enough to visit yellowstone national park, and I remember sitting on the fence 50 yards away from it. I witnessed it erupt twice and it was easily one of the cooler things I have ever seen. Seeing this picture brings back great memories and more memories to come. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteAwesome photo, but I challenge you to start looking for your own answers! A quick search on the interent and you will find that the national parks has a good webpage explaining how geysers work!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/geysers.htm