Travel Video

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Introduction

Yellowstone National Park has approximately half of the world’s geysers—and most of them are located at the Upper Geyser Basin. One square mile contains at least 150 of these hydrothermal wonders in just one square mile, making this area the most densely concentrated geyser region in the world. Five major active geysers—Old Faithful, Grand, Castle, Daisy, and Riverside are located here.

We saw Grand, Castle geysers last week. This week we will see Daisy and Riverside Geysers.

Daisy Geyser

Daisy Geyser erupts at an angle to a height of 75 feet (23 m) for 3-5 minutes. Daisy Geyser is usually predictable, with eruption intervals of 120-210 minutes. The exception is when the nearby and unpredictable Splendid Geyser erupts.

Daisy Geyser was one of the Yellowstone geysers that had its eruption interval disrupted by the 2002 Denali earthquake, in Alaska. Immediately after the quake, the interval rapidly decreased but returned to previous intervals over the course of a few weeks.

On each side of Daisy’s main vent, there are small cones that have built up. These are really the indicator bubblers of Daisy. One will start and play first, often about 15-30 minutes prior to the eruption (if past observations continue to remain true), and the second one will join it anywhere from a few minutes prior to 20 minutes prior.

Riverside Geyser

Located in Yellowstone National Park’s Upper Geyser Basin, Riverside Geyser is a highly predictable cone geyser that erupts every 5.5 to 6.5 hours. It shoots water up to 75 feet in the air in a graceful arch over the Firehole River, with eruptions typically lasting about 20 minutes. An hour or two before the eruption begins, water aggressively overflows the geyser’s cone into the Firehole River.

Next week we will conclude the visit to the Yellowstone with a look at the Old Faithful. We will also sum up our Vedantic “Vision” about the Geysers.