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In 1872, Yellowstone became a National Park, in large part because of the amazing thermal features it contains. At that time, little was known about the behavior of geysers and hot springs and today more is known, but much more is still unknown. The information is scattered and everyone who visits has piece of that information. This is a place to learn, to share and gather together the scattered bits.
There's a lot of excitement going on in the Fountain Group in Yellowstone's Lower Geyser Basin - there was even a triple concerted eruption of Morning, Fountain, and Morning's Thief (a first known triple eruption) the other day! The energy has definitely shifted to that area. With that energy shift, a previously empty crater has filled with water and seems to be a bit more interesting of late. Dubbed "Peanot" or "P.E.A.N.O.T." by geyser gazer, Bill Warnock, it stands for "Pool East And North of Twig" (quotation marks are normally used to indicate the name is not an official one). It's … Read more...
On Wednesday, June 5, 2013, a group of dedicated geyser enthusiasts headed to the Lower Geyser Basin to wait for a chance of an eruption of Morning Geyser near the Fountain Paint Pots. The two to three hours of waiting paid off not only in an eruption of Morning Geyser, but also a simultaneous eruption from Fountain Geyser. This became the 9th known dual eruption of these two closely connected geysers in the history of Yellowstone. Morning erupted for a full 33 minutes before quieting down and allowing Fountain Geyser to finish another hour of the eruption. The total eruption of Fountain … Read more...
With the opening of the Summer Season in Yellowstone, geyser enthusiasts (geyser gazers) have been visiting areas of the park that aren’t visible on the webcams including the Lower Geyser Basin to get an idea of what geysers might be active this year. On Thursday, reports came in that something different was happening in the Fountain area. Clepsydra normally erupts nearly constantly from multiple vents, but was seen erupting weakly from only one vent. Water levels in Fountain Geyser were high enough to normally trigger an eruption, yet an eruption never came. Any change in behavior of … Read more...
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