Yellow stone
Yellowstone National Park is one of the most famous and oldest national parks in the world, located mainly in the U.S. state of Wyoming, though it also extends into Montana and Idaho.
Here’s a quick overview:
🌋 Established: March 1, 1872 — it was the first national park in the United States and the world.
🏞️ Famous for:
• Geysers (especially the famous Old Faithful)
• Hot springs and colorful thermal pools (like the Grand Prismatic Spring)
• Wildlife such as bison, elk, bears, and wolves
• The Yellowstone Caldera, one of the largest active supervolcanoes on Earth
🌲 Landscape & Nature:
The park covers around 3,500 square miles (9,000 km²) of forests, mountains, lakes, rivers, and geothermal features. The Yellowstone River and its dramatic Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone are major highlights.
🌡️ Geothermal Activity:
Yellowstone sits on top of a volcanic hotspot, which is why the ground is full of boiling water, steam vents, and geysers — a sign of the heat beneath the Earth’s crust.
🐻 Wildlife:
It’s one of the best places in the U.S. to see wild animals in their natural habitats, including grizzly bears, gray wolves, and bison herds.
Would you like me to describe Yellowstone as a travel destination (what to see, when to visit) or give a scientific/geological explanation (about the volcano and geothermal activity)?