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Geysers of Yellowstone - Part 2
Sampling of the many geysers in Yellowstone











Lone Star Geyser Basin





Lone Star

Interval: 3 hours
Duration: 30 minutes
Height: 45 feet





Lower Geyser Basin
Fountain Flat Drive





Great Fountain

Interval: 9 to 16 hours
Duration: 30 to 90 minutes
Height: 100 to 230 feet







White Dome

Interval: 9 minutes to hours
Duration: 2 minutes
Height: 30 feet







Pink Cone

Interval: 13 to 17 hours
Duration: 2 hours
Height: 30 feet







Steady

Interval: continuous
Duration: continuous
Height: 5 to 30 feet







Artesia

Interval: 30 to 50 seconds when active
Duration: 10 to 30 seconds
Height: 5 to 30 feet





Lower Geyser Basin
Fountain Paint Pot





Fountain

Interval: 4 to 20 hours when active
Duration: 30 to 50 minutes
Height: 20 to 100 feet







Clepsydra

Interval: steady
Duration: steady
Height: 10 to 45 feet





Norris Geyser Basin





Echinus

Interval: 20 to 80 minutes; days
Duration: 1 to 70 minutes
Height: 10 to 125 feet







Steamboat

Interval: minutes; years
Duration: seconds; hours
Height: 20 to 100 feet; to 386 feet







Veteran

Interval: minutes to hours
Duration: seconds to 2 1/2 minutes
Height: 3 to 40 feet





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