Yellowstone: The Ultimate Wilderness: (Bursting) Geysers, (Boiling) Hot Springs, and (Bubbling) Mudpots

These various death traps are just as intoxicating as they are frightening.  They are hypnotic and strange, leaving an eerie yet addictive sense of loss and fulfillment inside.  They are quixotic and wonderful, deathly and elegant.  No amount of poetic contradictions can encase their utter wildness and wonderment for me.  I cannot help but stare at the brilliant beauty while at the same time shudder at the thought of the gruesome grave.  They are magical and maddening.