**Here Be Dragons**
By **Houston Vandergriff**
“Beware…for here be dragons...”
In medieval times mapmakers put illustrations of dragons and sea monsters in uncharted areas where potential dangers were believed to exist. Should Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park be marked as such?
Here powerful skeins of steam dot the area, shifting across reflective hot pools. Are these steaming geothermal vents? Or dragons’ breath? The smell near hot springs hints of something strong. Is it sulf...