Day 8: Grand Prismatic Spring, Fairy Falls, and Imperial Geyser
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Day 8: Grand Prismatic Spring, Fairy Falls, and Imperial Geyser

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Crossing the Firehole River

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First view of Grand Prismatic Spring

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Looking across the Midway Geyser Basin at steam rising from Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior Geyser Crater

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Friendly snake along the trail

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Fairy Falls descends 197 feet

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Imperial Geyser pretty much continuously erupts, and can get up to about 20 feet

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View of Imperial Geyser from above

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Lily covered pond between the Twin Buttes

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Second view of Grand Prismatic Spring on our return

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