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  • A long exposure captures plumes rising from eruptions of both Old Faithful (right) and Grand Geyser (left) at dawn in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Yellowstone is home to the world's largest concentration of active geysers, with more than 400 geysers in its Upper Geyser Basin alone.
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  • Two plumes of steam rise from the mostly barren landscape of the Midway Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Midway-Geyser-Basin_Stea...jpg
  • A herd of bison (Bison bison) graze in an open field against a backdrop of steaming geothermal features in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Midway-Geyser-Basin_Biso...jpg
  • Steam rising from the geothermal features in the Norris Geyser Basin turns to ice as it touches trees on a frigid day in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Temperatures on this day approached 0 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius).
    Yellowstone_Norris-Geyser-Basin_Ice_...jpg
  • A raven flies past the Old Faithful geyser as it erupts in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Raven_Yellowst...jpg
  • The Icelandic geyser Strokkur erupts as the sun rises in an area known as the Golden Circle in Iceland. Strokkur, which means "churn" in Icelandic, erupts every four to eight minutes, sending a column of hot water as much as 40 meters (130 feet) into the air. Strokkur is located in the Haukadalur geothermal area, not far from Geysir, which no longer erupts regularly.
    Iceland_Strokkur_Sunrise_3492.jpg
  • Old Faithful, the most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, erupts, sending a cloud of steam into the air that somewhat mimics the clouds in the sky. The geyser's eruptions are not as predictable as the name Old Faithful might suggest. Eruptions can occur as little as 45 minutes apart or with a gap as long as 125 minutes. The geyser's height also varies; at times the column of water can reach 184 feet (56 meters) high.
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  • Old Faithful, the most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, erupts, sending a cloud of steam into the air that somewhat mimics the clouds in the sky. The geyser's eruptions are not as predictable as the name Old Faithful might suggest. Eruptions can occur as little as 45 minutes apart or with a gap as long as 125 minutes. The geyser's height also varies; at times the column of water can reach 184 feet (56 meters) high.
    Yellowstone_Old-Faithful_Erupting_30...jpg
  • Strokkur, a geyser in southern Iceland, shoots water 20 meters (70 feet) up into the air. Strokkur is an Icelandic word for "churning." The geyser bubbles and churns just before erupting, which it does every five to 10 minutes. It is located next to Geysir, the "original" geyer, which no longer erupts regularly.
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  • Colorful bacterial mats originating from the bubbling Chinese Spring point toward Firehole River in the Upper Geyser Basin area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Almost every geyser and hot spring in Yellowstone hosts bacteria. Here, the bright orange streaks are the result of Cyanobacteria Phormidium.
    Yellowstone_Chinese-Spring_Firehole-...jpg
  • Steam from vents, or fumaroles, in the Norris Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, rises at sunrise, partially framing the Gallatin Mountains. In the foreground at left is Ledge Geyser, which once was the second largest geyser in the area, capable of shooting water 125 feet (38 meters) into the air. It has been largely inactive since 1995.
    Yellowstone_NorrisBasin_Fumaroles_17...jpg
  • The Icelandic geyser Strokkur begins to erupt. Strokkur means "churning." Its water level repeatedly swells and contracts before erupting, which it does every four to eight minutes. The geyser, which first erupted in 1789, reaches a height of as much as 100 feet (30 meters).
    Iceland_Strokkur_Bubble_7714.jpg
  • A long exposure blurs the water erupting from Strokkur, an active geyser in southern Iceland. Strokkur erupts every four to eight minutes, sending water as high as 40 meters (131 feet). Strokkur is the Icelandic word for churning; just before the geyser erupts, a ball of water full of bubbles repeatedly surges and subsides.
    Iceland_Strokkur_LongExposure_1980.jpg
  • Strokkur, a geyser located in Iceland, blasts hot water up to 100 feet (30 meters) every four to eight minutes. The geyser, located in a geothermal region in Iceland's Golden Circle, first erupted in 1789. Strokkur is an Icelandic word meaning "churn" and the geyer's water level repeatedly surges and contracts just before it erupts.
    Iceland_Strokkur_Erupting_7747.jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Two lodgepole pine trees stand in a snow-covered landscape in the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine_Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • A mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) rests on a snag in the Upper Geyser Basin near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Bluebird-Mountain_Snag_Yellowstone_0...jpg
  • Dead lodgepole pine trees cast shadows on the snow covering the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lodgepole pine trees have a very shallow root system that extends sideways, allowing them to grow in Yellowstone where there is only a thin layer of topsoil that contains few nutrients. These snags, however, are near an active hydrothermal area and they soaked up mineral-laden water.
    Yellowstone_Lodgepole-Pine-Snags_Sno...jpg
  • The spray from the erupting Old Faithful geyser takes on a slight red hue at the first light of day in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Dawn_Yellowsto...jpg
  • The Old Faithful geyser erupts in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Runoff_Yellows...jpg
  • A variety of thermophiles, which are microorganisms that thrive in heat, are responsible for the colors in the Grand Prismatic Spring, located in the Midway Geyser Basin area of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The yellow-green color comes from the thermophilic cyanobacteria Synechococcus, which is found in the hottest water of the spring (up to 161°F or 72°C). Phormidium, which is orange, is found in the spring's middle temperatures (113-140°F or 45-60°C). Calothrix, which is brown or black, is found in the coolest temperatures, although not lower than 86°F or 30°C. The terraces are the result of minerals that solidify in water that spills out of the spring.
    Yellowstone_Grand-Prismatic-Spring_B...jpg
  • Water boils out of a small spring on the Birds Nest Terrace in the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley near Rotorua, New Zealand. The terrace is part of a hydrothermal system in 1886 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera. Waimangu means 'black water' in Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand. The area was given that name because its largest geyser erupted water that was filled with mud and rocks.
    NZ_Waimangu_BirdsNestTerrace_9002.jpg
  • The golden light of sunrise shines on pools of water on the volcanic terrace below Strokkur, one of Iceland's most famous geysers.
    Iceland_Strokkur_GoldenPools_2775.jpg
  • Steam from vents, or fumaroles, in the Norris Basin of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, rises at sunrise.
    Yellowstone_Norris-Basin_Sunrise_174...jpg
  • A long exposure captures the motion of the spray erupting from the Old Faithful at dawn in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Dawn_Yellowsto...jpg
  • Stars are visible in the sky as Old Faithful erupts at dusk in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Dusk_Yellowsto...jpg
  • A few stars are visible in the sky as Old Faithful erupts at dawn in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Dawn_Yellowsto...jpg
  • Stars are visible in the sky as Old Faithful erupts at dusk in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. When Old Faithful erupts, it can launch as much as 8,400 gallons (32,000 liters) of boiling water as high as 185 feet (56 meters), although the average eruption height is 145 feet (44 meters). The time between eruptions is growing longer on average, possibly because earthquakes have affected underground water levels. The current interval is either 65 or 91 minutes depending on attributes of the prior eruption.
    Old-Faithful_Eruption_Dusk_Yellowsto...jpg
  • Sitting in snow, a mountain coyote (Canis latrans lestes) howls for other members of its pack in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
    Coyote_Howling_Winter_Yellowstone_35...jpg
  • Snow covers the banks along the Gibbon River where it makes a dramatic bend near the Gibbon Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
    Yellowstone_Gibbon-River_Curve_Winte...jpg
  • Steam rises from the water-filled Inferno Crater, located in the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley near Rotorua, New Zealand. The terrace is part of a hydrothermal system in 1886 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera. Waimangu means 'black water' in Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand. The area was given that name because its largest geyser erupted water that was filled with mud and rocks.
    NZ_Waimangu_InfernoCrater_8972.jpg
  • Steam rises from Inferno Crater, located in the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley on the North Island of New Zealand. The hot spring and other geothermal features resulted from the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10, 1886. The area was named for the Waimangu geyser, which was active from 1901 to 1904.
    NZ_Waimangu_InfernoCrater_8980.jpg
  • Colorful algal and bacterial mats grow along a steaming creek that runs through the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley on the North Island of New Zealand. The valley's geothermal features resulted from the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10, 1886. The area was named for the Waimangu geyser, which was active from 1901 to 1904.
    NZ_Waimangu_BacterialMats_9008.jpg
  • Hot Stream flows past the steaming hillside of the Cathedral Rocks in the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley near Rotorua, New Zealand. Waimangu is a hydrothermal system created by the 1886 volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera. Waimangu means 'black water' in Māori, the indigenous language of New Zealand, a name given to the area because water in its largest geyser often contains mud and rocks.
    NZ_Waimangu_CathedralRocks_HotStream...jpg
  • A family of four trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) swims in the Firehole River in winter in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The Firehole River is supplied mainly by runoff from geysers and hot springs, so it does not freeze in the winter, even when temperatures plunge well below freezing.
    Swans-Trumpeter_Firehole-River_Winte...jpg
  • Lassen Peak, a 10,457-foot (3,187-meter) volcano, in the Cascade Range in California, is lit by the first light of day in this aerial view over Lassen Volcanic National Park. Lassen Peak, also known as Mount Lassen, is an active volcano that last erupted in 1917. The area, however, is still volcanically active with hot springs, geysers and boiling mud pots. Lassen Peak itself stands near Mount Tehama, which was a stratovolcano that was once at least 1,000 feet taller than Lassen Peak is now. Mount Tehama is now known as Brokeoff Mountain, and is visible to the left of Lassen Peak in this image.
    Lassen-Peak_Aerial_Sunrise_2407.jpg
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