Excelsior Geyser Crater near the Grand Prismatic Spring r/yellowstone

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Excelsior Geyser Crater, formerly known as Excelsior Geyser, is a dormant fountain-type geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the.

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Excelsior Geyser Crater, formerly known as Excelsior Geyser, is a dormant fountain-type geyser in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Excelsior was named by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871. [4] Description[edit]

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Location: Old Faithful Area Amenities 3 listed Midway Geyser Basin is small but spectacular. Excelsior Geyser is a 200 x 300 foot crater that constantly discharges more than 4,000 gallons of water per minute into the Firehole River. Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone's largest hot spring, is 200-330 feet in diameter and more than 121 feet deep.

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In 1985, Excelsior Geyser suddenly resumed activity, erupting continuously for 46 hours, between September 14 and 16. Some eruptions managed to reach heights of 75 feet and 75 feet in width!.

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Excelsior Geyser erupting as a violent hydrothermal explosion. The image is a colorized photograph. (Public domain.) The most likely type of eruption would not be volcanic but, rather, hydrothermal. This type of small, but still explosive eruption can occur from shallow reservoirs of steam or hot water rather than molten rock.

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Excelsior Geyser Crater View of the Midway Geyser Basin boardwalk. In the background, on the hillside, you can see people at the Grand Prismatic Spring overlook. Related: 6 Best Geyser Basins to Visit in Yellowstone Parking at the Midway Geyser Basin

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Midway Geyser Basin consists of remarkable prismatic springs including also Excelsior Geyser, and Opal Pool. When you visit Yellowstone, you must not miss seeing the natural wonders of Midway Geyser Basin. It's the most photographed thermal feature in the park.

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Excelsior Geyser Crater is the other major feature in the area. Once an active geyser, Excelsior Geyser blew itself up and now is a 200 x 300 foot (61 x 91.4 m) hot spring sitting in a crater. It discharges an impressive amount of water—more than 4,000 gallons (15,142 L) of water per minute..

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Excelsior Geyser Crater is a 200 x 300 foot crater that constantly discharges more than 4,000 gallons of water per minute into the Firehole River. In Yellowstone National Park's recorded history, Excelsior Geyser and Sapphire Pool in Biscuit Basin have exceeded Steamboat in size. Hot Springs

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Excelsior Geyser Crater Runoff from Excelsior Geyser dumping in the Firehole River Jeff Vanuga. Today, this steaming, bright blue pool is essentially a hot spring. But in its heyday in the late 1800s, Excelsior erupted to heights of about 300 feet. It went dormant for much of the 20th century, only to suddenly erupt for two days in 1985—some.

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Excelsior Geyser's rugged crater was created by rare massive geyser eruptions. Surprisingly, it also preserves a record of past life. For thousands of years, microbes have grown in the runoff channels extending from nearby Grand Prismatic Spring. These vast communities were buried alive as the flowing hot water deposited a crust of silica.

Excelsior Geyser Crater In the Midway Geyser Basin at Yell… Flickr

Old Faithful is one of nearly 500 geysers in Yellowstone and one of six that park rangers currently predict. It is uncommon to be able to predict geyser eruptions with regularity and Old Faithful has lived up to its name, only lengthening the time between eruptions by about 30 minutes in the last 30 years.

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Excelsior Geyser Crater is located near Grand Prismatic Spring in the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. You will walk past it on your way to.

Excelsior Geyser Crater.

Excelsior Geyser, located in Yellowstone's Midway Geyser Basin, is considered the largest geyser in the. world, though now effectively dormant. During its last major eruptions in the 1880s, Excelsior frequently. reached a height of 300 feet, creating the dramatic display shown in this early Haynes divided-back postcard.