Yellowstone fires of 1988
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The largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States took place in 1988. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames quickly spread out of control d
Fires approach the Old Faithful Complex on September 7, 1988
A firefighter hikes to a distant fire (1953)
Typical Yellowstone lodgepole pine forest in 1965
Firefighting at Norris on August 20, 1988, a day that was later dubbed "Black Saturday" due to the huge amount of land that was burned as well as the dense smoke that turned daytime to night in some places
Yellowstone National Park
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Yellowstone National Park is a national park of the United States located mainly in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming, with small portions extending into Montana and Idaho. The park is know
Yellowstone fires of 1988
…The largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States took place in 1988. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames quickly spread out of control due to drought conditions…
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
Exposed rock at Obsidian Cliff
Colter's Hell near Cody, Wyoming, one of the first geothermal sites to be spotted by mountain men
Hayden Geological Survey at Yellowstone Lake. Illustration by William Henry Jackson, 1871