Porkchop Geyser in Norris Geyser Basin hours after its eruption. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 1972.
Dates
Date Taken
1972
Summary
Album caption: Wyo - Y.S.N.P. Index card: Porkchop Geyser hours after its eruption of September 3, 1972. Pool normally clear of opalescent blue with slightly surging minor discharge, shown here as nearly empty but refilling. Note details and colors of opaline sinters above (white and gray) and below (tan) normal water level. Rock near center is about 4 cm in diameter. Norris Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. September 3, 1972. Published as Figure 11 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 1456. 1988.
Summary
Album caption: Wyo - Y.S.N.P.
Index card: Porkchop Geyser hours after its eruption of September 3, 1972. Pool normally clear of opalescent blue with slightly surging minor discharge, shown here as nearly empty but refilling. Note details and colors of opaline sinters above (white and gray) and below (tan) normal water level. Rock near center is about 4 cm in diameter. Norris Geyser Basin. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. September 3, 1972.
Published as Figure 11 in U.S. Geological Survey. Professional Paper 1456. 1988.
Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, White, D.E. Collection.
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