Absaroka Mountains

Round Prairie, Yellowstone. Canon 5d3, 100mm, tripod, 1/100 @ f16, ISO 400

Round Prairie, in Yellowstone National Park’s north east corner, is a special place to me. The relatively flat meadow is surrounded by mountains and is one of the few places in Yellowstone were you can get a more classic mountain type scene though interesting foregrounds can be challenging to find. The Absaroka Mountain range dominates the views here and even from a distance further away than Round Prairie, as seen here from along Soda Butte Creek, the mountains still provide a stunning view. Round Prairie was where I saw my first Yellowstone wolves which was the alpha pair of the Druid Peak pack way back when. I didn’t realize at the time how fortunate I was to see them. Again, this view is from a little further west than Round Prairie but is no less stunning.

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