Yellowstone · Fire Basins · day 1
Grand Prismatic Spring
Why here
From the Fairy Falls overlook the whole spectrum reads at once; nowhere on earth looks quite this alien.
A pool that decided to be every colour at once.
When to come
season
May to September
time
midday sun
weather
clear — steam hides it when cold
crowd
boardwalks packed by 10am
⊘ In cool or cloudy weather the steam whites it out — go on a warm, clear afternoon and hike the overlook, not just the boardwalk.
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Where on the route