Category: Thermal features
Geysers and hot springs: personal report for late August 2010
By Janet Chapple on September 16th, 2010
In Thermal features
My routine whenever I’m at Old Faithful Village is to go to the Visitor Center when it opens at 8:00 am to check out the geyser predictions for the day. Last month I was able to catch most of my favorites—except Grand and also Fan and Mortar eluded me.… more »
Yellowstone Park on my mind—as always
By Janet Chapple on September 25th, 2010
In Yellowstone National Park, Thermal features
This time I want to write about three separate subjects that only relate to my recent trip to Yellowstone because they center on people in the park.First, I want to publicly thank Yellowstone's Park Historian, Lee Whittlesey. He has been encouraging… more »
Mechanics of Geysers Online: New Zealand’s are not too different from Yellowstone’s
By Janet Chapple on March 13th, 2012
In Yellowstone National Park, Thermal features
An excellent explanation of why geysers erupt when “tickled” with soap or detergent appeared yesterday on the science blog of the USA Science Engineering Festival. It is the clearest writing about geyser action I have seen in a long time.
On my websit… more »
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