10 Beautiful Hot Springs of Yellowstone National Park

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Lion Geyser is a cone-type geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. It was named for the roaring sound it makes when steam releases during an eruption. Eruptions can reach 90 feet and last from 1 to 7 minutes. Lion is the largest of the Lion Group which includes Little Cub Geyser and the currently inactive Big Cub and Lioness geysers.

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Morning Glory Pool is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. The pool was named by the wife of an Assistant Park Superintendent, in 1883, after she called it "Convolutus", the Latin name for the morning glory flower, which the spring resembles. By 1889, the name Morning Glory Pool had become common usage in the park.

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Opal Pool is located in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. Though usually active as a hot spring, Opal Pool is considered a fountain-type geyser.

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Sapphire Pool is located in Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park. The pool got its name from the biscuit-shaped deposits that were found around it.

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Cistern Spring and Steamboat Geyser located in Norris Geyser Basin are linked underground. Normally, Cistern is a beautiful blue pool from which water continually overflows, but during a major eruption of Steamboat, the water in Cistern Spring's pool drains.

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