Satellite: NOAA-15, one of NOAA's 850km-high (530 mile-high) Polar Orbiting satellites.
Image acquired yesterday, August 6, 2004; flyover beginning 9:17am EDT, 7:17amMDT
Yellowstone National Park
The morning shadows and a clear start to the day over our nation's first national park located in the northwest corner of Wyoming.
Yellowstone Lake, formed by the same ancient (and not-so ancient) seismic activity that formed the famous geysers, lies just southeast of the geographic center of the 3,472 square mile (54 by 63 miles) park.
The Absaroka (pronounced "ab-sor'-kee") Mountain Range rises just east of Lake Yellowstone, and is home to the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness containing some of the highest, trout-filled mountain lakes and streams in the world.
The Bighorn Mountains in north central part of Wyoming extend into Montana.
The Yellowstone (western side) and Bighorn Rivers flow between the Absorka and Bighorn mountain ranges to combine in Montana and to eventually join the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
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