Path to the stars

Astrophotography shot at the Norris Geyser Basin the hottest geyser basin in Yellowstone National Park and is located near the northwest edge of Yellowstone Caldera near Norris Junction and on the intersection of three major faults.

The Norris-Mammoth Corridor is a fault that runs from Norris north through Mammoth to the Gardiner, Montana, area. The Hebgen Lake fault runs from northwest of West Yellowstone, Montana, to Norris.

Norris Geyser Basin is so hot and dynamic because these two faults intersect with the ring fracture zone that resulted from the creation of the Yellowstone Caldera 640,000 years ago.

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