import yt ds = yt.load('IsolatedGalaxy/galaxy0030/galaxy0030') ds.index index = ds.index print index.grids print index.grid_levels.T grids_below_level_5 = (index.grid_levels < 5).T[0] print index.grids[grids_below_level_5] grid = index.grids[0] grid_density = grid['density'] print grid_density.shape print grid_density[0,]