McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 049

Title: McCarthy Album 09, Photograph 049
Description: Caption: "Dragons Mouth - Yellowstone Park," c. 1923. This hot spring originates deep underground. Rising gas and steam create pressure bubbles within the mud of the cavern. When they burst against the cave roof, they emit a growling, booming sound. Steam also drifts from the cavern entrance, creating the illusion of smoke from a dragon's mouth.
Contributor: Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Date: 1923
Format: JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier: 96-07-08-alb-09-049
Language: English
Publisher: California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Source: Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject: Dragon's Mouth, Yellowstone National Park
Type: Still Image