Yellowstone National Park 24.) Pelican Creek at dawn, 16/9/08.

Yellowstone National Park

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September 25th 2008
On the first evening in the Park I took a guided tour at sunset to Butte which is a hilltop on the eastern side of the caldera rim. I was astounded by the scale of the caldera: in the accopanying photos (1 to 3), which were taken a few days later, almost everything except the most distant peaks are within the caldera. It is elliptically shaped and is some 72 Kms from the southwest to the nort ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more