This week, as part of the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, host Ritva Sillanmäki asked us to show a photo of our favorite cup. My favorite mug features a wraparound image of Grand Prismatic Hot Spring at Yellowstone National Park. It’s beautiful, like its inspiration, and comfortable to hold. I also like how there is printing inside the mug near the rim.
Grand Prismatic Hot Spring is especially photogenic. Though I can’t get a drone shot like the one on my mug, I have taken many pictures of this hot spring. Here are a few that show its gorgeous colors.
My Grand Prismatic mug reminds me of this special place in Yellowstone everytime I use it.
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What stunning images! Gorgeous colors that seem almost too beautiful to be real. No wonder you like that mug so much!
Thanks! Yes, the colors on my mug, and at the hot spring, are almost unbelievable in their intensity.
Love your mug! Glorious Yellowstone photos!
Thanks, Amy! A place full of wonderful memories.
oh how I love this !!! Yellowstone is truly a place to inspire thoughts and your photos are stunning. The middle photo would look beautiful on a wall. Cheers to a morning cup of Joe. When I lived there, I rode my bike a few times to the overlook and just basked in natures creations. Great creative approach to the theme.
Thanks, Donna! You know of Yellowstone's many wonders. I was seriously considering buying a tiny summer home there last year - 430 sq ft.
It would be worth it. It is such a simpler life.
Nothing better that a reminder of something or someone you love Siobhan. It's a beauty!
Yes, so true. Thanks, Tina!
Gorgeous landscape photos and a great mug.
Thank you, Ritva!
What a lovely click of your mug, not just that, you also provided real click of Grand Prismatic Hot Spring! Mother nature at her best!
Thank you.
Thank you! I was glad to share photos of the place that inspired the mug. 🙂
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Excellent!
Thank you, John! :)
Your mug is a beauty and the landscapes amazingly beautiful too. Yhe colours are stunning.
Thanks, Ann-Christine! Yes, the colors are gorgeous.
Hi! Where did you get this mug? It’s beautiful!
I bought it in a store near near Old Faithful in 2021. Not sure if it's still available. I use it everyday. :D