A sinter cone brightly and markedly contrasts with the elements above: a clean, deep blue, post-thunderstorm sky, and shallow water of a turquoise hue common to the tropics but seldom conceived of a high-latitude, high-altitude lake. This geyser-built formation known as Big Cone rarely erupts and is feeble when it does. It isn’t as (in)famous in lore as the nearby Lake Shore Geyser or Fishing Cone, but is every bit as photogenic! Above a famous super-volcano, and besides the shores of Lake Yellowstone, this is but a tiny manifestation of the huge heat reservoir below. Occasional eruptions and seepage of boiling hot water, saturated with dissolved silica, have built this sinter cone over many thousands of years.
Yellowstone National Park, WY (17 Sep 13) Looking NE
44.4176, -110.5707Lakeshore Vent: Big Cone
A sinter cone brightly and markedly contrasts with the elements above: a clean, deep blue, post-thunderstorm sky, and shallow water of a turquoise hue common to the tropics but seldom conceived of a high-latitude, high-altitude lake. This geyser-built formation known as Big Cone rarely erupts and is feeble when it does. It isn’t as (in)famous in lore as the nearby Lake Shore Geyser or Fishing Cone, but is every bit as photogenic! Above a famous super-volcano, and besides the shores of Lake Yellowstone, this is but a tiny manifestation of the huge heat reservoir below. Occasional eruptions and seepage of boiling hot water, saturated with dissolved silica, have built this sinter cone over many thousands of years.
Yellowstone National Park, WY (17 Sep 13) Looking NE
44.4176, -110.5707