West Thumb Geyser Basin in the Yellowstone National Park.

 I visited the West Thumb Geyser basin in the Yellowstone National Park on 28.09.20. 

It is a hot Spring situated along the southern western border of the Yellowstone lake shore and extends few feet in to the lake. The spring look like a miniature pool and the water is so clear that you could see several feet below  from the surface. The scenic view from the West Thumb Geyser is spectacular. It gives you a view of the geyser with the lake and the mountains surrounding the lake as the backdrop.

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You can walk around the thermal and the lake along the wooden foot path, but make sure you never go off the recommended trails as the West Thumb and other springs along the lake are active hot springs and boiling hot. The West Thumb was created from a small volcanic eruption created 150, 000 years ago and the heated water from the West Thumb Geyser continues to flow in to the Yellowstone lake. It is the first thermal spring in the area that was described in a Philadelphia newspaper in 1827.