Nymph Lake

Yellowstone National Park is dotted with many small lakes. Many of these lakes were formed as a result of the collapsed Yellowstone Caldera, this is the remnants of the huge volcano that once encompassed much of the area where Yellowstone currently stands. This volcano erupted about 640,000 years ago in what is referred to as a supereruption. Once much of the magma had spewed forth the volcano collapsed in on itself forming a caldera.

One of the lakes that sits a bit north of the Norris Geyser Basin is Nymph Lake. Nymph sits in a very geologically active part of the park. In 2003 a long fissure appeared on the hillside above Nymph and began venting steam. This year all the excitement came from the wolf pack that had made a kill on the edge of the lake with in view of the Grand loop Road. Unfortunately this happened a couple of days before we arrived and all the we found at Nymph were some eagles and crows cleaning the bones of the kill, a lot of people waiting around hoping that the wolves would return, and this great view.