Great Fountain Geyser Sunset - Yellowstone National Park is a photograph by Brian Harig which was uploaded on August 17th, 2013.
Great Fountain Geyser Sunset - Yellowstone National Park
Also available at www.brianharig.com
The Great Fountain Geyser is a fountain-type geyser located in the Firehole Lake area of Lower Geyser... more
by Brian Harig
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Great Fountain Geyser Sunset - Yellowstone National Park
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Brian Harig
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Photograph - Photographs - Photography
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Also available at www.brianharig.com
The Great Fountain Geyser is a fountain-type geyser located in the Firehole Lake area of Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It is the only predicted geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin.
The geyser erupts every 9 to 15 hours. Great Fountain's maximum height ranges from about 75 feet to over 220 feet. Its duration is usually about one hour but durations of over two hours have been seen. The duration of an eruption affects the interval that will elapse before the next eruption, so that if the duration of an eruption is recorded, the time of the following eruption can be predicted to a precision of about two hours. The prediction can be refined, to plus or minus 15 minutes or so, through observation of overflow from the crater during the period between eruptions. While this pattern of behavior is observed most of the time, there are occasional episodes of so-called "wild-phase" activity during which the eruptions are of greatly extended duration and intervals between eruptions may be as long as three days. The geyser is then unpredictable until wild-phase activity ceases and more normal eruptions resume.
Nearby White Dome Geyser, which erupts considerably more frequently (albeit less powerfully) from a large geyserite cone, is easily seen from the same parking lot that affords a viewpoint for Great Fountain. The thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus, important because it produces an enzyme used in polymerase chain reaction laboratory procedures central to modern molecular biology, was first isolated from Mushroom Pool, a non-eruptive hot spring a few hundred feet from White Dome Geyser.
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August 17th, 2013
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Jordan Hill
Congratulations your photograph has been featured in the FAA Group ‘The Outdoor Photographer' You are invited to post your featured images in the Group's 'Thanks for the Feature / photo archive.
Neli Stoyanova
Congratulations, Brian! Your art was featured in the Fine Art America group "Everything Sunset". l/f
Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This stunning image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Art for Ever with You” Group Home Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2019 July: Stunning Group Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Also feel free to post your feature on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/296998814248643/ Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan (July 8, 2019)
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your marvelous art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group. This art has been selected from the ABC Group's themed week L IS FOR LUMINOUS week!! You are invited to add this to the features archive discussion!
Delynn Addams
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Roger Passman
Congratulations! Your amazing image is featured by USA National Parks and More. You are invited to post this featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer available on the home page. Here is the link to use for placing your image into the discussion thread: http://pixels.com/groups/usa-national-parks-and-more-2-per-day.html?showmessage=true&messageid=2806005
Dacia Doroff
This is beautiful! Do you live in Montana? I would love to relocate near Yellowstone this summer to pursue photography.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Jean OKeeffe Macro Abundance Art
Congratulations for the feature of your artwork on the homepage of Greeting Cards For All Occasions 7-19-15!!
Judy Vincent
Wonderful image! Congratulations on your feature in the Landscape and Landmark Photography group!
Peter Scott
Beautiful shot, excellent detail in the steam and water spray and the back lighting is awesome!
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