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Yellowstone's Steep Cone Geyser
October 5, 2018

Above the Geyser

Steams rises from Yellowstone's Steep Cone Geyser, located in the national park's Lower Geyser Basin. Buy a print of this photo.

This photo was originally featured in the May 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine—which was devoted entirely to America's first national park: Yellowstone.

Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic

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