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Lower Yellowstone Falls Overlook
Lower Yellowstone Falls (308 feet) seen from Lookout Point. Known as the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, the falls and colorful rhyolite canyon walls can be seen from this viewpoint on the North Rim. It is an easy, short paved path to Lookout Point. There is another viewpoint, Artist Point, which juts out from the South Rim, but is a bit more distant from the falls compared to Lookout Point. A short 0.1 mile walk on a paved trail rewards you with a great view of Lower Falls and the Yellowstone River. You get a much better view of the river here compared to what you can see of it from Lookout Point. Out of view from both locations is Upper Falls, the starting point of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.
My family and I visited Yellowstone National Park for the first time during the summer of 2012. This was one of my favorite areas of the park during that trip. Between Artist Point and Lookout Point, you'll find the Brink of the Lower Falls. You can follow the trail here down to stand on a platform right next to the starting point of the Lower Falls, which we did that summer. Following a series of paved switchbacks that drops down 600 feet and then back up, the 0.7-mile out-and-back trail is considered a moderate challenge. I'll admit, climbing back up those switchbacks was more difficult for me to do than for others, but the view was worth it.
I did take a few foreground images from Artist Point during the start of astronomical twilight, but found that I much preferred the view of the falls at night from Lookout Point. It had been a long day with a drive down to the West Thumb Geyser basin and several encounters of bison walking right next to the car during the day, so I only captured the Milky Way from Lookout Point before we drove for an hour back to our motel in West Yellowstone, MT.
As I was photographing the Milky Way from this iconic spot, listening to the falls in the distance on Monday night, September 11, I couldn't help but wish that my mom would have been able to see some of my Milky Way photography. It was a bit of a somber day for me as she left us after a stroke, passing during the early morning hours of September 11, 2013. I was thankful that my dad lived long enough to see some of my early Milky Way images, pre-Kristine, before he passed. I think they both would have enjoyed to see my growth as a photographer.
The foreground is a three minute exposure taken right after astronomical twilight ended. The sky is a panorama consisting of six stacked panels, 12 images for each, which were stacked in Sequator and stitched in PTGui.
Lower Yellowstone Falls Overlook
Lower Yellowstone Falls (308 feet) seen from Lookout Point. Known as the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, the falls and colorful rhyolite canyon walls can be seen from this viewpoint on the North Rim. It is an easy, short paved path to Lookout Point. There is another viewpoint, Artist Point, which juts out from the South Rim, but is a bit more distant from the falls compared to Lookout Point. A short 0.1 mile walk on a paved trail rewards you with a great view of Lower Falls and the Yellowstone River. You get a much better view of the river here compared to what you can see of it from Lookout Point. Out of view from both locations is Upper Falls, the starting point of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.
My family and I visited Yellowstone National Park for the first time during the summer of 2012. This was one of my favorite areas of the park during that trip. Between Artist Point and Lookout Point, you'll find the Brink of the Lower Falls. You can follow the trail here down to stand on a platform right next to the starting point of the Lower Falls, which we did that summer. Following a series of paved switchbacks that drops down 600 feet and then back up, the 0.7-mile out-and-back trail is considered a moderate challenge. I'll admit, climbing back up those switchbacks was more difficult for me to do than for others, but the view was worth it.
I did take a few foreground images from Artist Point during the start of astronomical twilight, but found that I much preferred the view of the falls at night from Lookout Point. It had been a long day with a drive down to the West Thumb Geyser basin and several encounters of bison walking right next to the car during the day, so I only captured the Milky Way from Lookout Point before we drove for an hour back to our motel in West Yellowstone, MT.
As I was photographing the Milky Way from this iconic spot, listening to the falls in the distance on Monday night, September 11, I couldn't help but wish that my mom would have been able to see some of my Milky Way photography. It was a bit of a somber day for me as she left us after a stroke, passing during the early morning hours of September 11, 2013. I was thankful that my dad lived long enough to see some of my early Milky Way images, pre-Kristine, before he passed. I think they both would have enjoyed to see my growth as a photographer.
The foreground is a three minute exposure taken right after astronomical twilight ended. The sky is a panorama consisting of six stacked panels, 12 images for each, which were stacked in Sequator and stitched in PTGui.