Starling Travel

While we were in Yellowstone, I took the time to play with the 3D Camera App [iTunes link] on my iPhone. I really wanted a 3D picture of Old Faithful, but since the geyser is spewing water, it was very difficult to get a good snap. Here are my attempts:

You need 3D glasses to view these or really good eye-crossing skills to see the stereograms. The wigglegrams (created with Picasion) might be a little irritating, but allows you to see the 3D effect without glasses or eye-crossing. You can click on any of these to see them full-sized.

The Wigglegrams of the first and second 3D photos looks more like an animation.

Here are a couple of photos of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

As a kid, I loved my Viewmaster and one of the sets of reels I had was from Yellowstone. It makes me so happy that I can create my very own 3D images of Yellowstone and remember it in even more detail than just a picture.

Mike and I went to Yellowstone last month. Every time we visit there, I’m shocked at how much has changed and how much is EXACTLY the same as it was when I was a child.

For example, Old Faithful looks exactly the same to me as it did when I was a kid. In fact, based on this photograph by Ansel Adams, it’s the same as it was in the 30’s.

It looks very similar to my photo taken in April.

The Yellowstone Falls in another timeless place. Here is a photo also from the 30’s by Ansel Adams.

My photo from last month looks very similar.

Even the snow clinging to the side of the mountain is similar.

Part of me loves Yellowstone because it is the same as it was when I was a child. I can walk the pathways and remember how I felt doing the same thing when my grandparents took my sister and me there. I am surprised at how different it feels to see the geysers, hot pots and terraces. As a kid, I was so bored, but as an adult, I’m entertained, not only by the natural beauty, but by the memories of my past visits.

Perhaps Yellowstone looks so unchanged to me because I have changed so much.