Stuff about Yellowstone national park, part 1.

I thought about doing this blog on Yellowstone park for two reasons. 

One: We have done all the other posts on "boring" politics, 

Two: Yellowstone park is awesome. 

Yellowstone national park was established in 1872 by president Ulysses  Grant. The park is 3468 square miles that is made up of various geothermal features like geysers, as well as mountains, lakes, canyons and rivers. The Yellowstone area also features many different types of plants and animals. It's located mainly in Wyoming but it also extends into Montana and a little part of Idaho. 

Yellowstone national park lies over a hot spot where light, hot mantel rock rises towards the surface. The Yellowstone Caldera is the largest Volcanic System in North America. 

There are 300 total geysers in the park and a total of at least 10,000 geothermal features altogether. Half the geothermal features and two-thirds of the world's geysers are concentrated in Yellowstone. 

sources: www.travel.nationalgeographic.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_National_Park#Geology