Steamy Morning
Yellowstone is one of the most magical places on the planet. This is along the Firehole River below the Midway Geyser Basin. On a cold morning in October 2011 I spotted this tree from the road and liked how the dawn light was just beginning to hit the upper branches. Once I walked down to the river I was pleasantly surprised by the light striking the foreground grass with all the steam coming up off the geyser basin in the background.