“Old Faithful”

Old Faithful geyser eruptionWhen you hear “Yellowstone National Park,” the image that comes to mind first is “Old Faithful.” Old Faithful is a geyser within sight of the Old Faithful Inn. Brochures indicate that “Old Faithful” erupts about 20 times per day and each eruption lasts between 1.5 – 5 minutes. The eruption time can be estimated to within 10 minutes with 90% confidence.

The park posts the “estimated time of the next eruption” near the geyser and people begin finding a seat on the many benches that are available for viewing about 20-25 minutes ahead of the scheduled time. The geyser spurts and sputters almost constantly and this activity increases in frequency and amount as it gets closer to “the time.” The more activity, the larger the viewing audience.

The day we were there was windy. This caused the water/steam column to drift. I think the image is even better with the spray spread out. It was well worth the wait.

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One Response to “Old Faithful”

  1. Carol Mytych says:

    Awesome!!!

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