Bison at Midway Basin, Yellowstone National Park, WY
About this photograph
- Creator
- Margery H. Freeman
- Date created
- January 1986
- Location
- Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
- License
- This photograph copyright ©1986. All Rights Reserved
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Bison at Midway Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The landscape is covered in thick snow, and the bison are partially obscured by thin mist rising from the nearby pools.
In 1872, Yellowstone became the world’s first national park. The park preserves and protects a stunning variety of flora and fauna, including large mammals such as elk, wolves, bison, moose, and grizzly bears. The park’s most common ecosystem is the subalpine forest. It is famous for its hot springs and geysers. Thousands come to see Old Faithful every year. Yellowstone Lake is located over the Yellowstone Caldera, an enormous supervolcano, and the park’s geothermal features are powered by volcanic activity. From 11,000 years ago to around 200 years ago, the park was home to several different groups of Native Americans.
