Sapphire Pool Yellowstone Facts

Lower geyser basin.

Sapphire pool yellowstone facts.

There are more than 10 000 hydrothermal features in yellowstone. 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. Sapphire pool dominates the main group west of the river. But the few that are there are spectacular.

Sapphire pool yellowstone national park unesco world heritage site wyoming. 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. Whittlesey in yellowstone place names.

The pool was named by chief park naturalist clyde m. Sapphire pool is located in an isolated group of thermal features known as biscuit basin in yellowstone national park. The water of this pool or spring is crystal clear with a oriental blue sapphire tint. The name sapphire pool was chosen by frank j haynes when he captioned a picture with the name according to lee h.

Doane s 1870 description of a spring in this area which spoke of the visibility of objects in the deep abysses of the pool. Henderson used the name biscuit. Biscuit basin which is part of the upper geyser basin contains a very small number of thermal features. Bk5b3a rm beautiful blue water of sapphire pool biscuit basin in the upper geyser basin.

The four types of thermal features are geysers hot springs mud pots and fumaroles. A visitor in 1883 described it as a great pure sparkling sapphire rippling with heat. United states of america north america id. Geothermal features of yellowstone name location image.

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. Sapphire pool on a summer day at yellowstone s biscuit basin.