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| Riverside Geyser at peak eruption, arcing over the Firehole River. Riverside is a very predictable geyser. Its eruptions last 30 minutes, reach heights of 75 feet and are usually spaced about 6 hours apart. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13366 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | A visitor videotapes the eruption of Lion Geyser, with Old Faithful Inn visible in the distance. Lion Geyser, whose eruption is preceded by a release of steam that sounds like a lion roaring, erupts just once or a few times each day, reaching heights of up to 90 feet. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13371 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Daisy Geyser erupting with visitors visible in the distance.. Daisy Geyser, a cone-type geyser that shoots out of the ground diagonally, is predictable with intervals ranging from 120 to over 200 minutes. It reaches heights of 75 feet, lasts 3 to 4 minutes and rarely erupts in concert with nearby Splendid Geyser. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13382 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Sawmill Geyser erupting. Sawmill Geyser is a fountain-type geyser and, in some circumstances, can be erupting about one-third of the time up to heights of 35 feet. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13385 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Castle Geyser erupts, reaching 60 to 90 feet in height and lasting 20 minutes. While Castle Geyser has a 12 foot sinter cone that took 5,000 to 15,000 years to form, it is in fact situated atop geyserite terraces that themselves may have taken 200,000 years to form, making it likely the oldest active geyser in the park. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13417 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Castle Geyser erupts with the colorful bacteria mats of Tortoise Shell Spring in the foreground. Castle Geyser reaches 60 to 90 feet in height and lasts 20 minutes. While Castle Geyser has a 12 foot sinter cone that took 5,000 to 15,000 years to form, it is in fact situated atop geyserite terraces that themselves may have taken 200,000 years to form, making it likely the oldest active geyser in the park. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13426 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Grand Geyser erupts (right) with a simultaneous eruption from Vent Geyser (left). Grand Geyser is a fountain-type geyser reaching 200 feet in height and lasting up to 12 minutes. Grand Geyser is considered the tallest predictable geyser in the world, erupting about every 12 hours. It is often accompanied by burst or eruptions from Vent Geyser and Turban Geyser just to its left. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13457 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Ledge Geyser, vents releasing steam, in the Porcelain Basin area of Norris Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13484 Location: Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | White Dome Geyser rises to a height of 30 feet or more, and typically erupts with an interval of 15 to 30 minutes. It is located along Firehole Lake Drive. Image ID: 13540 Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Pink Cone Geyser erupts. Pink Cone Geyser reaches 30 feet in height, and has highly variable interval and duration. It is a cone-type geyser and its cone has a pinkish tint due to manganese oxide in it. Firehole Lake Drive, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Park. Image ID: 13551 Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Grand Prismatic Spring displays a stunning rainbow of colors created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The blue water in the center is too hot to support any bacterial life, while the outer orange rings are the coolest water. Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest spring in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Midway Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13573 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Grand Prismatic Spring displays brilliant colors along its edges, created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The outer orange and red regions are the coolest water in the spring, where the overflow runs off. Midway Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13587 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Grand Prismatic Spring displays brilliant colors along its edges, created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The outer orange and red regions are the coolest water in the spring, where the overflow runs off. Midway Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13591 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Steam rises above the Midway Geyser Basin, largely from Grand Prismatic Spring and Excelsior Geyser. The Firehole River flows by. Image ID: 13605 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Orange Spring Mound. Many years of mineral deposition has built up Orange Spring Mound, part of the Mammoth Hot Springs complex. Image ID: 13614 Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| New Blue Spring and its travertine terraces, part of the Mammoth Hot Springs complex. Image ID: 13623 Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Lamar Valley, summer. The Lamar Valleys rolling hills are home to many large mammals and are often called Americas Serengeti. Image ID: 13647 Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Upper Yosemite Falls near peak flow in spring. Yosemite Falls, at 2425 feet tall (730m) is the tallest waterfall in North America and fifth tallest in the world. Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16068 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Bridalveil Falls plummets 620 feet (200m). Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16077 Location: Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Bridalveil Falls plummets 620 feet (200m). Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16080 Location: Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River. Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16084 Location: Fern Springs, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| El Capitan rises above the Merced River, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16101 Location: El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap (center) and Half Dome (left). Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below. Image ID: 16115 Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Yosemite Falls (upper, middle and lower sections) at peak flow, spring, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16134 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Yosemite Falls rises above Cooks Meadow. The 2425 falls, the tallest in North America, is at peak flow during a warm-weather springtime melt of Sierra snowpack. Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 16141 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Galapagos sea lion on volcanic rocks, sunset. Image ID: 16504 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Isla Lobos, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos land iguana. Image ID: 16581 Species: Galapagos land iguana, Conolophus subcristatus Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Darwins Arch, a dramatic 50-foot tall natural lava arch, rises above the ocean a short distance offshore of Darwin Island. Image ID: 16621 Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with raised wings and throat pouch inflated in a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16728 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Canada geese on the Yellowstone River. Image ID: 19569 Species: Canada goose, Branta canadensis Location: Yellowstone River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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