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Yellowstone Riverside Geyser Spur

editor — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 02:30:00 +0000

Turn east toward the river at Spa Geyser to see the most gracefully situated and aesthetically satisfying geyser eruption in the park. Riverside Geyser has been for a century the park’s most Riverside Geyser’s spray creates a rainbow in the sunlight. regular geyser. A 1909 guidebook stated that it erupted every 8 hours for about 15 minutes. It is predictable to within about half an hour, now erupting about every 6 or 7 hours. Check its predicted eruption times at the visitor center. During its eruption, Riverside ejects water from several vents in its chair-like formation on the far side

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Black Water and Travertine Yellowstone

editor — Sat, 18 Jun 2016 02:40:00 +0000

Why are Firehole Lake and some of the nearby springs black? There are large amounts of manganese oxide being deposited, more than anywhere else in the park. In fact, George Henderson, tour guide in the 1880s and ’90s, liked to call this part of the Firehole River valley Ebony Basin. Around Firehole Lake, the mineral travertine, which is calcium carbonate in the form deposited by hot springs, is deposited along with geyserite (silicon dioxide). This is unusual, because in all but four of the park’s thermal areas, the geysers and hot springs deposit only geyserite. At Mammoth Hot Springs, the

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