Mammoth Hot Springs Photos

Angel Terrace		Canary Hot Springs		Palette Spring

The largest geothermal feature in Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth Hot Springs deposit tons of rock daily, creating terraces and pools of all sizes from a teaspoonful to ones holding thousands of gallons of hot, steamy water. The incredible shapes, colors, and textures at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, which also includes other springs such as Canary Hot Spring, Palette Spring and Angel Terrace pictured here, provide wonderful opportunities for spectacular pictures.

Yellowstone National Park is filled with magnificent mountains, scenic valleys, waterfalls, geysers, hot springs, lakes, rivers and forests. Yellowstone has the largest concentration of wildlife in the lower 48 states. Besides its famous bison, people come to Yellowstone to see and take pictures of grizzly bears, wolves, elk, moose and bighorn sheep, among other wildlife. Colorful wildflowers grow in the spring and summer.

Yellowstone’s spectacular scenery offers an endless variety of photo opportunities anytime of the year, and each season has its own unique beauty. It is best to shoot nature photos at sunrise or sunset for the best lighting conditions.

Camera Equipment Used in Photos

These photos were taken with a Nikon D2X and a 70-200mm f2.8 lens. Other full frame cameras such as the Canon EOS 1DS Mark III will work as well. Some professional photographers carry a smaller APS-C DSLR such as a Canon 7D or Nikon D90 as a backup camera. Many of the landscape pictures were taken with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens; this lens is available for most digital cameras including Leica, Pentax, Sony, and Sigma and Olympus.