Mud Volcanoes!

On the way back from the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, we stopped at the area where there were mud volcanoes.  I have to admit, this sounded like it could be rather messy – I mean, what happened if the “volcano” erupted – an unexpected mud shower?  LOL!  It wasn’t anything like that, and actually quite interesting. Have a look –

 

So a mud volcano, or at least what we saw, weren’t volcanoes in the traditional sense of the word.  They are more like bubbling pots of mud.  Still rather cool looking!

 

One of the side benefits from the mud volcano area was the moody, misty effect in the trees.  I don’t know how many folks in the area really noticed this, however.  Everyone was looking at the bubbling mud!  All they had to do was look up!

When the mud isn’t bubbling, there was actually some pretty color in the area, and this photo proves that point!  I always love seeing something different from the norm in places.

 

This image (and mud volcano) appealed to me because there was some color around it, and it had a sort of interesting “feel” to it.  The bubbling created a sort of echo sound coming from the cave – a little spooky!  All in all, a fun stop along the road in Yellowstone!

Enjoy!