visitors have unparalleled opportunities to observe wildlife in an intact ecosystem, explore geothermal areas that contain half the It is situated in Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin, close to Old Faithful. Nevertheless, Morning Glory today resembles many of the other prismatic thermal pools located within the park, with a deep central green bleed into a ring of yellow, following decades of tourists tossing coins, trash, and other debris into it.
There are some lovely quotes about its beauty and stunning blue colors, and likening it to the Morning Glory flower,” Yellowstone National Park historian Alica Murphy told the Cowboy State Daily.
Murphy explained that when tourists first began visiting in the 1880s, the concepts of conservancy and “leave no trace” hadn’t yet existed, and people essentially treated the park’s colorful thermal pools as “wishing wells.”
“I think many people like to throw things into pools,” she continued. “Wishing wells are a time-honored tradition. Flip a coin into a wishing well and make a wish. There is something about a pool of water that gives humans a weird instinct to throw things into it.”
Decades of trash and debris have forever changed the spectacular blue color the pool was once known for.
Morning Glory Pool was formerly the brilliant crystal-clear blue color that gave rise to its name.
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