Thanks to photographer Josh Packer for this wonderful photo showing two of the icons of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. A shaggy bison finds some warmth near the erupting geyser: Old Faithful. Even though they’re well adapted for winter survival, the bison probably enjoys a short break from the cold in the steamy spray. Photo courtesy of Josh Packer.

Photographer Jeff Berkes planned this shot a year in advance. Taken on September 27, 2015, it shows Old Faithful geyser at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming glowing in the orange light of a lunar eclipse. At 8:13 pm, the moon entered maximum eclipse and at 8:15 pm, the famous geyser erupted. As Jeff said, “The stars literally aligned this night for me.” This amazing 10 second single exposure courtesy of Jeff Berkes.

142 years ago today, Yellowstone became America’s first national park - an idea that would spread worldwide. Old Faithful and the majority of the world’s geysers are preserved here. A mountain wild land, home to grizzly bears, wolves, and herds of bison and elk, the park is the core of one of the last, nearly intact, natural ecosystems in the Earth’s temperate zone.

Photo: Jeremy Stevens (www.sharetheexperience.org)

One of the most stunning photos we have ever seen of Old Faithful at #sunrise in Yellowstone National Park.  

Photo: Tracy Ferguson

140 years ago today, Yellowstone National Park became America’s first national park. Located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, it is home to a large variety of wildlife including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, and elk. Preserved within Yellowstone National Park are Old Faithful and a collection of the world’s most extraordinary geysers and hot springs, and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

Pictured above is Old Faithful erupting, which is from Ansel Adams series of photos of National Parks and Monuments taken from 1933-1942. 

Photo: Ansel Adams, U.S. National Archives