East entrance to Yellowstone National Park, May 1, 1998.
We did not realize that this road is closed during the winter and early spring. Fortunately, we arrived on the first day that it had opened!
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Yellowstone National Park (National Park Service):
www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
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As we entered Yellowstone National Park on May 1, 1998, we saw that Yellowstone Lake was still covered in ice.
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Yellowstone National Park (National Park Service):
www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
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Bison and elk grazing in Yellowstone National Park.
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Yellowstone National Park (National Park Service):
www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
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Photographed May 1998.
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
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Several bison calves graze with adults in Yellowstone National Park.
The juvenile bison have a color that is distinctly lighter and more orange in hue than the adults. Biologists hypothesize that this minimizes their visibility to wolves, which do not have color vision.
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Yellowstone National Park (National Park Service):
www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
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Photographed May 1998.
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
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Elk grazing very close to a road in Yellowstone National Park.
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Yellowstone National Park (National Park Service):
www.nps.gov/yell/index.htm
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Photographed May 1998.
(Scanned 35mm color negative)
Tags: Elk grazing Yellowstone National Park Yellowstone national park National Park Service NPS Wyoming Montana Idaho American West