Mammoth or Great Fountain Geyser in Eruption, Firehole Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Collection: Landscapes
Title
Mammoth or Great Fountain Geyser in Eruption, Firehole Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Subject
Yellowstone National Park
Description
On verso:
No. 257. MAMMOTH OR GREAT FOUNTAIN GEYSER IN ERUPTION, FIREHOLE BASIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
In Yellowstone Park there are at least 70 eruptive geysers and nearly 3,000 vents of mud volcanoes, fumaroles and hot springs, most of which occur in four basins. The surface near the openings is covered with beautifully ornamented deposits of calcareous matter from the cretacious limestone beneath the lava. Among the most remarkable of these geysers are the following: The Giant, which throws a column of water 5 feet in diameter to a height of 200 feet, playing continuously for an hour and a half; Old Faithful, which spouts with great regularity every sixty- four minutes; Castle Geyser, issuing from a chimney 12 feet high ; Excelsior, which has a basin 200 feet in diameter and spouts in intervals of eight years; the Giantess, throwing a column of water 20 feet in diameter; and the Great Fountain Geyser, in the lower basin, which at intervals of from eight to twelve hours carries its water 100 feet high during 45 minutes.
In a shallow ravine near by is a string of pools of exquisite beauty, and Firehole Lake, through the water of which a bluish steam rises to the surface from the heated rocks below.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
257
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “Mammoth or Great Fountain Geyser in Eruption, Firehole Basin, Yellowstone National Park,” Digital Canton, accessed November 21, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/790.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Mammoth or Great Fountain Geyser in Eruption, Firehole Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Subject
Yellowstone National Park
Description
On verso:
No. 257. MAMMOTH OR GREAT FOUNTAIN GEYSER IN ERUPTION, FIREHOLE BASIN, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK.
In Yellowstone Park there are at least 70 eruptive geysers and nearly 3,000 vents of mud volcanoes, fumaroles and hot springs, most of which occur in four basins. The surface near the openings is covered with beautifully ornamented deposits of calcareous matter from the cretacious limestone beneath the lava. Among the most remarkable of these geysers are the following: The Giant, which throws a column of water 5 feet in diameter to a height of 200 feet, playing continuously for an hour and a half; Old Faithful, which spouts with great regularity every sixty- four minutes; Castle Geyser, issuing from a chimney 12 feet high ; Excelsior, which has a basin 200 feet in diameter and spouts in intervals of eight years; the Giantess, throwing a column of water 20 feet in diameter; and the Great Fountain Geyser, in the lower basin, which at intervals of from eight to twelve hours carries its water 100 feet high during 45 minutes.
In a shallow ravine near by is a string of pools of exquisite beauty, and Firehole Lake, through the water of which a bluish steam rises to the surface from the heated rocks below.
A8523
Creator
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1890-1900
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
257
Citation
Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward), “Mammoth or Great Fountain Geyser in Eruption, Firehole Basin, Yellowstone National Park,” Digital Canton, accessed November 21, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/790.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches