Yellowstone Park - Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

~ Aaron

facts about the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone

Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

     

      Welcome to the cool Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Two falls lead into it: the Upper Falls and the Lower Falls. The Upper Yellowstone Falls thunders at 109 feet tall while the Lower Yellowstone Falls has 308 feet of white water. We even played in a river! An amazing place is the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

the 308-feet tall
Lower Falls



 



the 109-feet high Upper Falls

      The Yellowstone River, which flows from Yellowstone Lake to outside of the park, carved out the Grand Canyon. Hot water keeps acting on volcanic rock. When the rock falls in the water, the Yellowstone River continues eroding the rock and creates the canyon’s colors. The beautiful waterfalls mark the beginning and the ending of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone,  which exists at about 27 miles long  and  800-1200 feet deep. The grand 308-feet tall Lower Falls and 109-feet Upper Falls shows the beginning of the canyon, while the Tower Fall marks the end of the canyon.  Tower Fall tumbling 132 feet, which was named for the rock ‘towers’, shows where a 1,500-4,000 feet wide canyon ends. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone  is one of the most beautiful and breath-taking  scene in the park.



the 132-feet Tower Falls

walking in Lamar River

where muddy meets clear

playing in the Lamar River

     

      Soda Butte Creek and Lamar River create the perfect spot for playing. When the muddy Soda Butte Creek meets the clear Lamar River, it forms a clear border line in the middle of water. The border line gradually disappears when water from both rivers starts mixing together. We touched, walked in, and played in the Lamar River, while watching a herd of the bison peacefully grazing the grass on the bank.  What a wonderful place Soda Butte Creek is!

      The awesome Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone has many pretty colors and waterfalls. Some beautiful waterfalls include the Tower Falls, Lower Yellowstone Falls, Upper Yellowstone Falls. Playing around in the Lamar River was exciting. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the most excellent place in Yellowstone.

Grand Canyon

~ Gordon

      Welcome to the great landmark of Yellowstone: Rhyolite!!!     

The Grand Canyon
of Yellowstone

      Grand Canyon of Yellowstone is awesome. The magnificent yellow rock is called rhyolite. Yellowstone River flows through the amazing yellow rock forming a powerful, humongous waterfall. It carves the adorable Rhyolite, just like Grand Canyon. That's how the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone got its name!!!

      The Lower Falls is 308 feet tall, as high as Steamboat Geyser, world's tallest unpredictable active geyser. The fascinating Upper Falls is 109 feet high! Have you found something interesting? The Lower Falls is higher than the Upper Falls!!! What a Grand Sight!

      Yellowstone's Grand Canyon is very tremendous!!!

Calcite Springs: oil and sulphur
The beautiful colors of Calcite Springs hide a secret. The heat of underground
cracks release oil from rocks deep below the surface to slowly rise to the surface.