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Get to know Daisy Geyser
Daisy Geyser was a favorite of my Grandmother. Based on the stories she told me, I think in part because she was around when Park Naturalist, George Marler, was learning more about it in the 1940s and 1950s. In this article, I’ll take you through what to watch for...
Get to know Beehive Geyser
It’s time to get to know another geyser. In this post, I’ll share information on Beehive Geyser, one that brings a smile to many faces. WHERE IT’S LOCATED Beehive Geyser is located along the lower boardwalk path on Geyser Hill, not far from Old Faithful. The cone...
Get to know Grand Geyser
Do you have what it takes to see the tallest predicted geyser in the world? Not everyone does, but this article will let you know what to look for while waiting for Grand Geyser. ABOUT GRAND GEYSER Grand Geyser is the tallest predicted geyser in the world with many...
Get to know Old Faithful Geyser
HAPPY NEW YEAR! People that know me understand that I’m happiest with many projects on my plate. At times that helps this site, and at other times causes me to have continual pauses in posts. One of my goals for 2019 is to post more consistently to the blog and adding...
2018 Summary: Economic Geyser
I’ve been a bit quiet here simply because I’ve been hammering away at photo processing this past week. In particular, I’ve been diving into the Sawmill Group, but those aren’t quite ready to go yet. But I do have the photos of Economic Geyser (and somewhat of East...
Morning Glory Pool: Summer 2018 Summary
While catching up on my photo organization, I come across so many little stories that call to be added to my journals. This week, I pulled together photos of Morning Glory Pool. While adding the photos to my field journal, I could see how a summary for the season...
Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (part 3)
Now that the Summer Season for 2018 in Yellowstone is officially over today, it’s time to celebrate the beginning of the Field Journal season. It’s time to get all those observations from the summer more formally put into the Field Journals. And what better way than...
Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (Part 2)
I recently wrote about my observations of the Geyser Hill area before the September 2018 energy surge. It’s taken a bit to get the observations and photos together to make a better comparison. I’ve also spent time processing photos from the past to just satisfy my...
Unusual Activity on Geyser Hill (Part 1)
It’s often in the fall that we see some interesting changes happen in the geyser basins. This September saw a rather large change on Geyser Hill (near Old Faithful) that’s resulted in some unprecedented behavior (as far as records show). In this post I’ll do my best...
Observations of Marmot Cave Geyser | Aug 2018
On days in Yellowstone, I often will pick a thermal feature to sit by and observe for a short time. It helps to have a question to answer, and when I learned that Marmot Cave Geyser was seen in eruption on 7 Aug 2018, I wondered what the cycles seemed to be and to...
New thermal feature Near Old Faithful
I hesitated in publishing this post simply because of all the drama that often surrounds any change seen in Yellowstone. Now that people better understand that Yellowstone actually is a volcano, the news of a new thermal feature of increased activity often brings on...
West Thumb Geyser Basin Update Mid May 2018
Change is normal in Yellowstone and there have been changes over at West Thumb Geyser Basin. I got a chance to visit earlier this month on the 15th to see what might be happening. An early report on Facebook showed photos of Abyss Pool and Black Pool both looking...
West Thumb Geyser Basin Observations fall 2017
Yellowstone’s East Gate is set to open tomorrow morning and there are lots of interesting changes mentioned in reports I’m itching to see in person. But in today’s post, I want to share with you a couple of smaller observations of changes seen at West Thumb Geyser...
Watching Steamboat Geyser
Is Steamboat Geyser entering an active phase? That’s the question many are asking and in this in-depth post, we’ll take a closer look at Steamboat Geyser’s past behavior and learn from those who documented the behavior when it was regularly active. 35 Days 11 hours 9...
Sawmill Group: Where we last left them in 2017
One group of geysers and hot springs I’m curious about any changes seen is the Sawmill Group, over near Grand Geyser a little way beyond Old Faithful. The group that “normally” has either Sawmill Geyser in charge of the eruptions or Penta and Churn Geysers in charge...
Explore the Geyser Basins
