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At Obsidian Cliff there were exh hits or this black volcanic
, called obsidian. lso long geo‘ogical descriptions of its
Across the road was a. high clirr
of this black glass.
origin.
Farther south 2. Sign along the reed said look for mouse. At
s particular place there was a broad meadow on some tnll
bushes in it.,".:oere were shout e dozen moose in this meadow and
we attempted to take their pictures. Thotos 72 and '73 are pictur-
es of noose hut s, negnirying gloss must he used in order to see
them.
ext we saw elh. s e nhntos 7/. and 75. "-he conera was closer
to the elk but they ca een hotter with a glass.
interesting. :t
\'.' s a large hody of
e
:xeaver Lake was qu
water held by s dm nsde ty heavers. ”he dam was snout 430 feet
long. '.e did not see any of these animals hecsuse they cone out
only at night.
At flooring Mountain an imense chunk of the mountain side
had been washed or blown away. steam was snouting or roaring from
a dozen different vents in the ground. it .as something to see
hut not much to our liking for one wondered just how soon would
it erupt again. :ot soon we hoped and moved on.
When cane: Norris "veyser :asin where there was a hoard walk
to the principal geysers. They were nearly all named and posted
with signs telling about their hahits. cone erupted while we were
there, sending a few squirts of hot woter nhcut ten feet high. it
was somewhat interesting but nothing real hapnened. dloeh Growler
steam Vent roars continuously end is the hottest vent in the nsrk
at 234 degrees.
Beyond Norris Junction the road parallels the Gihhon River.
Along; this road we saw a Sign that pointed to the trail to Chin»
ney Geysers. 7e parked the car and started to kike up a mountain
side. The trail wound around and zigzagged high shove the valley.
After a very tiresone climb we can: to a t’ny vslley where the
geysers built their cones shout two feet in diameter and ten feet
high. Water trickled over the side of some while others just
steamed. There was no eruption while we were there.

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