NORRIS GEYSER BASIN AND ARTIST PAINT POT- YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

A geyser  is a vent on Earth's surface that periodically ejects a column of hot water and steam. 

Geysers  have eruptions that blast thousands of gallons of boiling hot water up to a few hundred feet

 in the air. Norris Geyser Basin is  one of the most extreme environment on earth. It is located near

 the northwest edge of Yellowstone Caldera near the  Norris Junction and on the intersection of three

 major faults . ( A fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there

has been significant displacement as a result of rock mass movement ).

Norris  Basin is one of the most dynamic places in Yellowstone National Park.  It comprises of three

main areas: Porcelain Basin, Back Basin, and One Hundred Springs  Plain. Norris Geyser is named 
after an Yellow Stone Superintendent and is the hottest geyser basin  in Yellow Stone.  It is difficult
for plants and animals to survive in such acidic environment. The basin is really colorful due to the
 presence of many mineral oxides and bacteria known as thermophile .  Many acidic pools seen here
are  considered as the world's most oldest and hottest  pools.

Built  in 1929 - 1930, the Norris Museum is situated on a hill between the Porcelain Basin and the
Back Basin of Norris Geyser Basin. The 94-foot (29 m) by 20-foot (6.1 m) museum consists of two 

rectangular sections divided by the breezeway, which is roofed by a prominent jerkin head gable,

 framed in massive logs. The pavilions to either side are of shingle-covered frame construction on a 

massive stone base. A stone and concrete terrace surrounds the building.The museum exhibits focus

 on geothermal geology, features of Norris Geyser and plant and animal life in thermal areas.

Norris Geyser Basin provides two easy ways to explore: the Porcelain Basin Trail and the 
Steamboat/Echinus Geyser Trail.  It  provide a safe route for viewing the Porcelain Basin and Back
Basin. Porcelain Basin is open terrain with hundreds of densely packed geothermal features 
while Back Basin is forested and its features are more scattered and isolated .

Porcelain Basin presents a beautiful but desolate visage which is unlike any of the other geyser

basins in Yellowstone . The name Porcelain basin  was inspired by the  milky color of the mineral

deposited here. The mineral, siliceous sinter also known as geyserite is brought to the surface by

hot water and forms a "sheet" over this flat area.

The landscape of Porcelain basin is stark and barren which is the result of acidic  environment.

The  basin is characterized by  lack of vegetation. No plants can live in this hot, acidic, water

 emitted from the numerous thermal features in the basin. 

Porcelain Basin consist of Black Growler steam vent, Ledge Geyser, Congress Pool, Hot Springs,

 Blue Geysers, Whirligig geyser, Colorful water, Whale's mouth and Crackling lake . The water in 

Norris area is really acidic .The difference in pH allows for a different class of bacterial thermophiles

(bacteria) to live at Norris, creating different color patterns in and around the Norris Basin waters .

The Porcelain basin trail takes you to an incredible world of  clear blue springs and  passes through
  a thin strand of  trees and loops around . The blue pools are saturated with silica, which is the
 primary component of glass. Norris's thermal waters contain the highest concentration of silica in Yellowstone. 

Back basin is full of surprising sites, sounds and smells. It is alive with heats and gases from Yellow

 Stone volcano beneath. With full of geysers and hot springs tucked among trees,  Yellowstone

 volcano is very much alive  here. Back Basin is the lengthier trail at Norris Geyser Basin.  It includes

 Emerald Spring, Steamboat Geyser, Cistern Spring, Echinus Geyser, Green Dragon Spring,

Porkchop Geyser and Minute Geyser .

One of the notable attraction at Back Basin is Emerald Spring which is a clear blue pool. The water

here  absorbs all other colors of sunlight except blue which is clear case of refraction. The 27-foot

 (8 meter) deep pool is lined with yellow sulfur deposits. The yellow color from the sulfur combines

with the reflected blue light, making the hot spring appear a magnificent emerald green.

The largest geyser in the world steam boat geyser is also located at Back basin. When it erupts the
 water jet reaches a height of  380 ft in a spectacular display. Steamboat has an erratic and lengthy 
timetable  between major eruptions.Steamboat erupts over 300 feet (90 m) into the air. It  does not lie
 dormant between eruptions, instead display minor eruptions of approximately 40 feet (12 m).

Cistern Spring and Steamboat Geyser are linked underground. During a major eruption of Steamboat,

 the water in Cistern Spring's pool drains. Normally, Cistern is a beautiful blue pool from which water

 continually overflows. Cisterns spring's brown, green and orange color represents species of visible  algae and bacteria.

The Ragged Hills that lie between Back Basin and One Hundred Springs Plain are thermally altered
 glacial kames.The hottest of Yellowstone's geothermal features are steam vents (fumaroles). Sulfuric
 acid, steam and gases escape through vents in ground which create a barren and unsafe ground called
Solfatara. Here  scalding mud and steam are barely covered by hot crumbling decomposing rock.

One hundred spring Plain is an  off-trail section of Norris Geyser Basin. It  is flat,

 sandy, and extremely dangerous.Much of the underlying ground is hollow and many of the thermal

features are acidic. Most of the hot springs in this area have never been named. Cinder Pool, once

called Verma Spring, is a remote and isolated feature on the  One hundred Spring Plain.

Nuphar Lake is situated along the trail between Porcelain Basin and Norris Campground. There is
another lake called Crackling lake can be found at Norris Basin.The name of this thermal feature was
 proposed by Ed Leigh in 1967 because of popping sounds from nearby springs on its southern shore.

North of Norris is Roaring Mountain. It  is a large, acidic hydro thermal area (solfatara) with many

fumaroles. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the number, size, and power of the fumaroles

were much greater than today. The fumaroles are most easily seen in the cooler, low-light conditions

 of morning and evening.

Artist Paint Pot is  located at Madison at a distance of 4.4 miles south of  Norris Basin.  It  is on  the
midway between  Old Faithful and the Norris Geyser basin.  This small hydro thermal area offers an
array of thermal features including colorful hot  springs and two large mud pots.

A one-mile round trip trail through Artist's Paint Pot took visitors through a section of forest burned
 in 1988. The Artist's Paint Pots trail is so full of vibrant colors, comparable only to an artist's palette.
 Adjacent to this area are three other off-trail, back country thermal areas: Sylvan Springs, Gibbon
 Hill Geyser Basin, and Geyser Creek.

Rainbow colors, hissing steam, and pungent odors  greet your senses at  Norris Basin. These thermal 
areas pulsates from steam and boiling water beneath the surface a feature which appear and
 disappear often . Many of the remote  areas at Norris Basin are fragile, dangerous,and difficult.
 Traveling to remote areas in thermal areas without the aid of knowledgeable  personnel is discouraged.

Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Managed by National Park Service,

Phone: (307) 344-7381

Camera Used: Canon EOS rebel

Warning about GPS Systems! Vehicle Navigation Systems and GPS units may provide inaccurate information—sending drivers the wrong way on one-way roads, leading them to dead ends in remote areas, or sending them on roads which are closed at certain times of year. Make sure to use park road maps available at entrance stations.
Trailhead address: Grand Loop Road & Norris Canyon Road, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: AN OVERVIEW

Sitting atop a Super Volcano,Yellowstone National Park can be called as a wonderland on earth .
This unique and natural living museum cannot be compared to any other places in the world.
Extending between three states of United States, this natural splendor gives a glimpse of another
side of our planet . 96% of Yellowstone national park is situated in the north west corner of
 Wyoming,  three percent lies in  Montana and the remaining one percent spread to Idaho. 

Yellowstone National Park is widely held  to be the first national park  and one of the first biosphere
reserves in the world. Yellowstone was dedicated as the nations first national park by  President U.S.
 Grant on March 1st 1872. It was formed  20 years before Montana, Idaho and Wyoming were
granted statehood. This is also a UNESCO world heritage site, extending in an area of 3500 sq- miles
 of wilderness. The average elevation of the park is 8000 ft

Little is known about the early inhabitants of Yellowstone area. But evidence suggest that Native 
Indians resided here after the end of the last glaciation  (about 13,000 to 14,000 years ago). The
oldest artifacts (obsidian projectile point ) found here dates backs to  to more than 11,000 years ago.
 The early occupants of Yellowstone were called as Sheepeaters,( a group of Shoshone/Bannock Indians) .

Prior to 1869, Yellowstone was an unexplored territory.  John Colter , a member of Lewis Clark
 expedition team (1804-1806) was the first person to discover Yellowstone park other than native
 Indians.Three major  expeditions brought out the  wonders of Yellowstone to the outside world.
They are Cook-Folsom  expedition (1869-1871),Washburn-Langford-Dane Expedition (1870) and
 Hayden Geological Survey(1871). These  expeditions  brought out its historic and scientific
importance, which made  Federal Government to adopt much stronger laws to protect the park and its
 resources, culminating in  the passing of Lacey Act of 1894 . 

Yellowstone park rest on Yellowstone plateau bordered by Rocky mountains. The nearby mountain

 ranges include the Gallatin range on Northeast, Beartooth mountans on north, Absaroke range on

east, Teton range on southwest and Madison on west. Mount Washburn  with a height of 10, 243 ft

 is the most prominent summit here. The Bunsen Peak near to Mammoth hot spring is an  extinct 

volcano formed approximately fifty million years ago.

Yellowstone park sits on a  super volcano. A super  volcano  is formed when magma rises through a 

vent into earths crust but unable to break through  the crust. The magma get stuck and melts the 

surrounding rocks. Over thousands of years the pressure builds up resulting in an eruption which

 drains  the magma lake . This lead to collapsing of the  land above, resulting in a caldera or a 

depression on earth . A Caldera can extends to several miles.

A supervolcano is the most dangerous type of volcano in earth. It will erupt at a magnitude 8 on the
 Volcano  Explosivity Index (VEI), meaning the measured deposits for that eruption is greater than 
1,000 cubic kilometers (240 cubic miles). An eruption of that magnitude would fill the atmosphere 
with ash, sulfuric acid, and sulfur dioxide, and could potentially cause (and actually has, in the 
ancient past) a new Ice Age.The more  sulfur emissions the  more cooling.

Yellowstone is the biggest super volcano on earth. The other famous super volcano's are Long 

Valley Caldera ( California USA), Valles Caldera ( New Mexico), Lake Toba ( Indonesia), Taupo

 Caldera ( Newzealand) and Aira Caldera ( Japan). The most recent supervolcanic eruption on Earth
 occurred 27,000 years ago at Taupo, located at the center of New Zealand's north island.

Yellowstone’s main travel thoroughfares are the five entrance roads . North, North east and East
 entrances are situated in the state of Montana while West and South entrances are in Wyoming .

 North Entrance is the only park entrance open to wheeled vehicles all year. Prior to the establishment
 of the National Park Service, the U.S. Army protected Yellowstone between 1886  and 1918.
US army was also responsible for the construction of Fort Yellowstone at  Mammoth Hot Springs .

Most of the attractions at Yellowstone National park are located along the Grand loop road, which
 stretches in the shape of number eight. The grand loop road was  planned by Captain Hiram M
 Chittenden of the US Army Corps of Engineers when it was under military control . This primary
road system at  Yellowstone  is approximately 142 miles long with an average speed limit of 45 mph.

 On the Grand Loop road ,there are many visitor centers, museums, boardwalks, and scenic side
 roads. The park also has 466 miles of roads, 950 miles of back country trails, 97 trail heads, and 287
back country campsites. The major attractions that can be accessed through Grand Loop Road
include Norris Geyser basin, Upper, Midway and Lower geyser basin, Mammoth hot spring,
Tower  fall, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Lake Yellowstone. The major museums are
Norris, Madison and Fishing Bridge Museum

The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated to be 10,000. It includes geyser, 
fumaroles, hot springs and mud pots. Fumaroles  or steam vents, are the hottest hydro thermal 
feature in the  park. In 1880's at places like  Roaring Mountain the escaping gas and steam hissed and
 rumbled resulting in loud hissing of steam and gases. Steam vents are  usually found on hill side or
 higher  ground above the basin water supply. Fumaroles rapidly boil away the little water they 
contain  releasing steam and other gases forcefully from the underground.

Geysers  at the park are distributed among nine geyser basin . The number of geysers in each geyser
 basin is provided in brackets. The basins are  Upper Geyser Basin (410), Midway Geyser Basin (59),
Lower Geyser Basin (283), Norris Geyser Basin (193), West Thumb Geyser Basin (84), Gibbon
Geyser Basin (24), Lone Star Geyser Basin (21), Shoshone Geyser Basin (107), Heart Lake Geyser
Basin (69), other areas (33). The most famous geyser at Yellowstone is  the Old Faithful. The tallest
 geyser in the world,  known as steam boat geyser, is also located at Yellowstone park.

Beautiful hotsprings with bright and vivid colors are  are the most common hydrothermal features in
 the park. Their plumbing has no constrictions. Superheated water cools as it reaches the surface, 
sinks, and is replaced by hotter water from below. This circulation, called convection, prevents water
 from reaching the temperature needed to set off an eruption. Many hot springs give rise to streams of heated water.

Mudpots such as Fountain Paint pots are acidic  hot springs with a limited water supply. Some  micro
 organisms use hydrogen sulfide  (rotten egg smell), which rises from deep within the earth, as an 
energy source. They convert the gas into  sulfuric acid  which breaks down the rock into clay.

Another thermal feature, Travertine Terraces formed of limestone can be seen at Mammoth hot 
spring. Thermal waters rise through the limestone here, carrying high amounts of dissolved 
carbonate. Carbondioxide  is released at  the surface and calcium carbonate is deposited as travertine,
 the chalky  white rock of the terraces.These features constantly and quickly change due to the rapid rate of deposition.

There exist nearly 45 named waterfalls and more than 100's of unnamed and undiscovered waterfalls 
in the park. The most famous ones are Tower falls, Lower falls, Upper falls, Fairy Falls and  Gibbon
Falls. Yellowstone is also famous for its amazing canyons. The famous among them are Lewis 
Canyon, Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and  Black canyon .Yellowstone carries approximately
 one-half of the world’s hydro thermal features.

The national park derived its name from the Yellowstone river flowing through it. The other  major
rivers flowing through the park are Gallatin River,Gibbon River, Firehole River, Madison river,
Snake River, Bechler River and  Lamar River. The amazing fact is that due to the continental divide,
 Yellowstone river joins Atlantic ocean while Snake river join Pacific ocean though both run parallel
   at Yellowstone National park. The major lakes at the park are Yellowstone Lake, Shoshone Lake,
 Lewis Lake, Heart lake,Grebe Lake,Isa Lake,and Trout Lake .
Yellowstone is home to more than 1,350 species of vascular plants, 330 bird species, 18 fish species,
6 reptile species, 4 amphibian species, and 5 endangered or threatened species. There are almost 60
species of mammals in the park, including the grey wolf, threatened Lynx, grizzly bears, bison, black
 bear, brown bear, elk, moose, mule deer, white tailed deer, mountian goat, pronghorn, bighorn sheep
 and mountain lion.

Yellowstone has the largest free roaming bison herd in the world. Bison have a unique place in
United States history. This largest mammal in North America once thundered across the continent for
 thousand of years. The elements of the the  Yellowstone emblem with  the shape of an  Arrowhead
 symbolize the major facets of the national park system. The Sequoia tree and bison represent
 vegetation and wildlife, the mountains and water represent scenic and recreational values, and the
 arrowhead represents historical and archaeological values.

Yellowstone National Park  is really a magical world comprised of   lakes, mountains, geysers,
and waterfalls. It is a land of extremes with full of wild life. Here forest covers  80% of the
land area while lodgepole pine comprise 80% of the forest area. Lodgepole pine create a typical
landscape  in Yellowstone.Other than enjoying the natural wonders, visitors can also indulge in
 activities like   Boating, Camping, Canoeing, Kayaking, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback Riding,
Mountain Biking and Wildlife Viewing.

Yellowstone super volcano is believed to erupt every 600,000 to 900,000 years with the last event 
occurring 640,000 years ago. Its eruptions are among the largest known to have ever occurred on 
Earth, producing drastic climate change in the aftermath. Yellowstone faces nearly 1000 to 3000
earthquake annually.

Toxic gases exist in Yellowstone. Dangerous levels of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide have 
been measured in some hydrothermal areas. It is illegal to collect any natural or cultural objects or to
 remove, deface, or destroy any plant, animal, or mineral in Yellowstone's hydrothermal areas. While
 viewing or photographing the area, protect your camera, glasses, and lenses from  hydrothermal heat.
Always use boardwalk as the ground here is fragile and unstable which can cause danger. Bring
drinking water. If you feel sick, leave the location immediately.

Yellowstone host four million visitors each year. This National Park is America's pride and greatest 

heritage to share with the  world . It is one of the few remaining intact large ecosystems in the 

northern  temperate zone of earth. The park  has abundant fossils and is  world's foremost sites for the

 study and appreciation  of the evolutionary history of the earth. This outstanding natural and cultural

 site deserve the attraction, admiration  and protection of all people worldwide. 

Management: National Park Service
Phone:(307) 344-7381
Camera: Canon T5

LINCOLN HOME AND TOMB- SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS

 Located in  Springfield, Illinois, Oak Ridge cemetery serve as the final resting place of Abraham

 Lincoln, the 16th president of United States. He is cremated at Oak ridge cemetery along with his

wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Thomas (known as "Tad") .

 Nicknamed as Abe, Abraham Lincoln  was born in Kentucky as the second son of  two illiterate

 farmers. Abe has an elder  sister called Sara and a younger bother who died at infancy. He has a very

 little formal education. His family moved to Indiana and later to Illinois where Lincoln would set out

 on his own. While in Indiana , his mother died of milk sickness , a disease caused by drinking milk

 of cow that have eaten a poisonous plant called  snake root.  Soon after his mothers death, Abe's father  remarried .

Abe was self educated and done a variety of jobs including shopkeeper, surveyor, and postmaster.

For a time, he even split firewood with an axe for a living. Lincoln taught himself law. He passed the

 bar examination in 1836  and  was often hired by the Illinois Central Railroad .

Lincoln married Mary Todd in 1842 and the family moved to spring field, Illinois.  Robert Todd

Lincoln was the only son among the four children of the couples who lived until adulthood and  have

 children. The house, purchased by Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln in 1844, was the only

home that Lincoln ever owned. Located at the corner of Eighth and Jackson Streets, the house

contains twelve rooms spread over two floors.

During the time he lived here , In 1856 he joined the newly formed Republican party .In 1858

Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in debating with

Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in

1860 . By 1860, he become the first Republican to win a presidential election.

 The depot, located just two blocks from the Lincoln Home, was the location from which Lincoln
gave his Farewell Address to his fellow Springfield citizens. On a dark, gloomy morning in 1861,
 citizens of Springfield assembled at the station to see Lincoln off. The office was used as a reception
 room, and his friends and neighbors filed past, taking his hand.The depot was constructed by
The Great Western Railroad in 1852. It was damaged by fire in 1857, which required extensive remodeling here.

President elect Lincoln delivers his farewell speech to the people of Springfield, from the rear of a
train car at the Great Western Rail Road Station."My friends, no one, not in my situation, can
appreciate my feeling of sadness at this parting. To this place, and the kindness of these people, I owe
 everything. Here I have lived a quarter of a century, and have passed from a young to an old man.
 Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when, or whether
 ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without
the assistance of the Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I
cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good,
 let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your
prayers you will commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.As the train pulled in, he mounted
the  rear platform.

The southern states didn't want Abraham Lincoln to be the president. Before he took oath of the
office, Carolina was the first state to secede the country followed by six more states which together
 formed a new country called Confederacy with a temporary capital at Montgomery, Alabama. The
 seceding states seized numerous Federal properties within their boundaries, including buildings,
 arsenals, and fortifications. President James Buchanan protested but took no military action in response.

Lincoln directed his inaugural address to the South, proclaiming once again that he had no intention,
 or inclination, to abolish slavery in the Southern states. By March 1861, no leaders of the
insurrection had proposed rejoining the Union on any terms. Meanwhile, Lincoln and the Republican
 leadership agreed that the dismantling of the Union could not be tolerated.

As a President, Lincoln built the Republican Party into a strong national organization. He led  the
 United States through its bloodiest Civil War, which has its root in the fractious issue of slavery.
Of the 34 states as existed in 1861, seven southern states individually declared their secession from
the Union and formed the Confederacy which later grew to include eleven states. The states that
remained loyal were known as Union.


There were attempts at compromise. The Crittenden Compromise would have extended the Missouri
 Compromise line of 1820, dividing the territories into slave and free, contrary to the Republican
 Party's free-soil platform. Lincoln rejected the idea, saying, "I will suffer death before I consent ... to
any concession or compromise which looks like buying the privilege to take possession of this
government to which we have a constitutional right .

The American Civil war was started with the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near
Charleston, South Carolina on April 12, 1861. It remains the deadliest war in American history,
 resulting in the deaths of an estimated 750,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian
casualties.The American Civil War was to prove one of the most ferocious wars ever fought".
Without geographic objectives, the only target for each side was the enemy's soldier .

Lincoln understood that the Federal government's power to end slavery was limited by the
Constitution, which before 1865, committed the issue to individual states. President Abraham Lincoln
 issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of
 bloody civil war. The Proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious
states "are, and henceforward shall be free.

"The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil war. With the great Union
victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, a stage was set for Lincoln's  address at the
Gettysburg battlefield cemetery on November 19, 1863. In 272 words, and three minutes, the
Gettysburg address become the most quoted  speech in American history.

On April 14, 1865, a Good Friday, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer,
fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln while attending the play Our American Cousin  at a play at
Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C

Oak ridge cemetery is the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln. It is the second most visited
cemetery in United States after Arlington cemetery. Oakridge cemetery got its name from many oak
 trees in the cemetery.

The mausoleum is owned and administered by the State of Illinois as Lincoln Tomb State Historic
Site. It was designated one of the first National Historic Landmarks  in 1960, and thus became one of
 the first sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966, when that designation was created.

The tomb was designed by Larkin Goldsmith Mead., Lincoln's remains were interred in a marble
sarcophagus in the center of a chamber known as the "catacombs," or burial room. In 1887 the
remains of his wife was reburied along with Abraham Lincoln's in a brick vault beneath the floor of
 the burial roomThe interior of the memorial was constructed in art deco style.



The burial room features black and white marble walls and a ceiling of gold leaf. At its center stands
the cenotaph, a 7-ton block of reddish marble inscribed with Lincoln's name and the years he lived.
 It marks the approximate location of the burial vault, which is 30 inches behind and 10 feet below.
 Nine flags are arranged in a semicircle around the cenotaph. Seven of them—the State flags of
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois—commemorate
the homes of Lincoln and his ancestors. The eighth and ninth are the Stars and Stripes and the
Presidential flag.The inscription "Now he belongs to the ages," reputedly spoken by Secretary of War
 Edwin M. Stanton at the time of Lincoln's death, is inscribed in the wall above the U.S. Flag.
 
The nose on Borglum's  head of Lincoln remains shiny due to the tradition of rubbing Lincoln's nose
for good luck. Thousands of visitors rub the nose at the base of the tomb each year, preventing the
 nose from tarnishing and forming the brown patina.that covers the rest of the head.Although the
rubbing of Lincoln's nose keeps it shiny, it also contributes to the erosion of the statue's metal, which
 causes a degradation of the original sculpture. Therefore, current and future visitors to the site may
not be seeing the original nose of Lincoln .

The tomb is in the center of a 12½ acre (51,000 m²) plot. Constructed of Massachusetts granite, it has
 a rectangular base surmounted by a 117-foot (36 m)-high obelisk and a semicircular entrance way.
 A bronze reproduction of sculptor Gutzon Borglum's head of Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rests on a
 pedestal in front of the entrance way design style that first appeared in France after World War.It is
an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with Machine Age imagery and materials.
The style is often characterized by rich colours, bold geometric shapes and lavish ornamentation..

 Along with the Lincoln Home, several other structures within the four-block area are also
 preserved. All the homes have been restored to their appearance during the time Lincoln lived in the
neighborhood. Two of these structures, the Dean House and the Arnold House, are open to visitors
and house exhibits on the life and times of Lincoln and his neighbors. In total, the buildings included
 in the park occupy 12 acres (49,000 m²).Lincoln preserved the Union, abolished slavery,
strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.


   

Location: Springfield, Illinois

Camera Used: Canon T5, Canon power shot A490