This Month in Yellowstone
Susan Chin - Canyon Village

Susan Chin has been a Biological Technician in Yellowstone for the last 5 years. This winter she decided to try her hand with the Interpretation Division and took a job in the Canyon Village area. If you visit there this winter, you may run into her in the Canyon warming hut, or skiing the local trails.

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When the Web Office put out the call for photos and video, Susan took up the challenge and immediately started shooting both. Her work includes photos of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone lit by the setting sun, beautiful sunsets across the canyon, snowmobilers, a snow groomer in action, a large cornice on one of the roofs, and last but not least, video of one of our winter-keepers shoveling snow from a roof. After work on January 20, 2005 Susan skied the trail between Inspiration Point and Grand View. She saw a spectacular sunset that evening. Remembering that the Web Coordinator had asked for winter photos for This Month in Yellowstone, she felt bad that she hadn’t thought to bring a camera. She decided to rectify that error the following evening. She skied out to the same location more quickly on the 21st to allow her enough time to shoot a sequence of sunset photos. The dramatic change in the appearance of the sunset that evening resulted in the wonderful photos you see here.