Sapphire Pool Yellowstone Facts

The name sapphire pool was chosen by frank j haynes when he captioned a picture with the name according to lee h.

Sapphire pool yellowstone facts.

United states of america north america id. It s a big blue pool with the color of the outer area is lighter blue than the inner one the water is clear the pool looks beautiful and has some mist on top of it it s located in the biscuit basin easily accessible. The four types of thermal features are geysers hot springs mud pots and fumaroles. It s a big blue pool with the color of the outer area is lighter blue than the inner one the water is clear the pool looks beautiful and has some mist on top of it it s located in the biscuit basin easily accessible.

Bauer possibly after a reference to lieutenant g c. It s a big blue pool with the color of the outer area is lighter blue than the inner one the water is clear the pool looks beautiful and has some mist on top of it it s located in the biscuit basin easily accessible. Bk5b3a rm beautiful blue water of sapphire pool biscuit basin in the upper geyser basin. Whittlesey in yellowstone place names.

Lower geyser basin. Doane s 1870 description of a spring in this area which spoke of the visibility of objects in the deep abysses of the pool. There are more than 10 000 hydrothermal features in yellowstone. A visitor in 1883 described it as a great pure sparkling sapphire rippling with heat.

The water of this pool or spring is crystal clear with a oriental blue sapphire tint. Sapphire pool is located in an isolated group of thermal features known as biscuit basin in yellowstone national park. The pool was named by chief park naturalist clyde m. Sapphire pool yellowstone national park unesco world heritage site wyoming.

Sapphire pool on a summer day at yellowstone s biscuit basin. Other important features include shell geyser which has a golden lined crater and jewel geyser known. Henderson used the name biscuit. Upper geyser basin.

But the few that are there are spectacular. Sapphire pool upper geyser basin sawmill geyser. This is a sortable table of the notable geysers and geothermal features of yellowstone national park.