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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Old Faithful is a cone geyser in Yellowstone National ... Old Faithful will erupt either 65 minutes after an eruption lasting ...
Geysers erupt with steaming hot water. Old Faithful Geyser predictably erupts about every 90 minutes, putting on a great show of gallons of water shooting an average of 145 feet into the air for ...
FILE - The iconic Old Faithful Geyser springs to life (every 90 minutes) in Yellowstone National Park's Upper Geyser Basin on September 18, 2022, in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
The most recent active phase of Giant Geyser started on August 6, 2005, and continued until April 29, 2008, when activity decreased dramatically; there was a single eruption again on August 26, 2008. There were 11 eruptions in 2005, 47 in 2006, 54 in 2007 (the most eruptions for any year since 1955), and 13 in 2008.
Located close to Old Faithful, on rare occasions Ear Spring will erupt as a geyser, and can shoot rocks and debris as well as water more than 25 feet (7.6 m) for a few minutes. On September 15, 2018, Ear Spring was seen on the National Park Service webcam at Old Faithful erupting for a minute and reached heights of 20 to 30 ft (6.1 to 9.1 m).
The geyser Old Faithful was named on this day in history, Sept. 18, 1870, after an explorer noticed the eruptions were quite "faithful." It remains a popular tourist attraction.
Near Beehive is a smaller geyser that can often be used as an indicator of a pending eruption of Beehive. This geyser, named Beehive's Indicator, sends up a 6-to-15-foot (1.8 to 4.6 m) fountain between a few seconds and 30 minutes before Beehive erupts, averaging 15 to 20 minutes prior.
Yellowstone is known for its thermal features, like Old Faithful. “A geyser is a hot spring that throws water up in the air. That's the rarest of the thermal features, but we've got probably ...