点评:My wife and I saw the Grand Prismatic Spring in two different ways. The first way was close up along the boardwalk. We spent about an hour and a half in the early morning doing that. Then we drove further down the road in order to park at the Fairy Falls Trailhead. It took quite a while to get a parking spot (unlike when we arrived at the spring itself earlier that day), which told us that we could expect a lot of fellow tourists at the overlook. Check! It was elbow-room only on the platform when we arrived.
While it's great to get up close to the spring, it's even better to see it from the overlook. Thankfully, the plentiful mist we experienced at the spring that morning had mostly dissipated by the time we arrived at the overlook, allowing a spectacular view and photos of all the colors. Those colors, as we were advised in advance, are best seen on a sunny day (which it mostly was) at just about the time of day we saw it. Hands down, the Grand Prismatic Spring is the best natural feature of the entire park. (Sorry, Old Faithful!)
翻译:我和妻子以两种不同的方式欣赏大稜镜温泉。第一种是沿着木板路近距离观赏。我们一大早就花了大约一个半小时观赏。然后,我们沿着路继续行驶,以便将车停在仙女瀑布步道的入口处。我们花了很长时间才找到停车位(不像我们当天早些时候到达温泉时那样),这意味着观景台上可能会有很多游客。瞧!我们到达的时候,平台上只有足够多的肘部空间。
虽然近距离观赏温泉很棒,但从观景台观看更棒。值得庆幸的是,那天早上我们在温泉边看到的浓雾在我们到达观景台时基本消散了,让我们可以欣赏到壮丽的景色,并拍下各种颜色的照片。正如我们事先被告知的那样,这些颜色最好在晴天(大部分时间都是晴天)欣赏,就像我们看到的那个时间一样。毫无疑问,大稜镜温泉是整个公园里最棒的自然景观。 (对不起,老忠实喷泉!)