Sapphire Pool Yellowstone Facts

Sapphire pool dominates the main group west of the river.

Sapphire pool yellowstone facts.

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. But the few that are there are spectacular. Geothermal features of yellowstone name location image.

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 name sapphire pool was chosen by frank j haynes when he captioned a picture with the name according to lee h. 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. A visitor in 1883 described it as a great pure sparkling sapphire rippling with heat.

Sapphire pool is located in an isolated group of thermal features known as biscuit basin in yellowstone national park. Bk5b3a rm beautiful blue water of sapphire pool biscuit basin in the upper geyser basin. 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. This is a sortable table of the notable geysers and geothermal features of yellowstone national park.

Sapphire pool upper geyser basin sawmill geyser. Henderson used the name biscuit. Whittlesey in yellowstone place names. The pool was named by chief park naturalist clyde m.

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. Upper geyser basin. There are more than 10 000 hydrothermal features in yellowstone.

United states of america north america id. Sapphire pool yellowstone national park unesco world heritage site wyoming. The water of this pool or spring is crystal clear with a oriental blue sapphire tint.