Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
by ProPeak Photography
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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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ProPeak Photography
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Photograph
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The geysers, buffalo, wolves and weather seem to get most of the glory. I'm kind of partial to the Yellowstone River area, with its waterfalls and colorful canyon.
Unfortunately, so are tour operators, which means places like Artist Point are often teeming with people. On this day however, the clouds and threat of late Spring storms kept the masses at bay, so I was able to take a little more time looking around and setting up my shots.
Interestingly enough, the rationale behind the name Artist Point turned out to be false. F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer and concessionaire at Yellowstone National Park named the point in 1883, believing that it was the spot from which Thomas Moran made sketches to paint his grand painting (now hanging in the Smithsonian American Art Museum) in 1872. However, on a return trip to Yellowstone, Moran pointed out that he'd actually done his work from the North Rim of the Canyon. The name stuck, nonetheless.
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June 18th, 2019
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