Jet Geyser
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Jet Geyser is a geyser
in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
in the United States
. Jet Geyser is in the Fountain Group that includes Fountain Geyser
, Morning Geyser, Red Spouter and Silex Spring.
Jet Geyser is a very accessible and intimate geyser, being close to a park road and alongside a boardwalk.
Jet's eruptions are generally frequent but unpredictable. Its behavior is closely linked to nearby (and much bigger) Fountain Geyser
. Eruptions can be expected every 7 to 30 minutes with the frequently increasing when Fountain Geyser is active. Jet is a cone-type geyser and erupts from at least five vents. The vents produce varying quantities of water and steam for about a minute. The central vent will usually erupt to about 20 feet (6.1 m).
Geyser
A geyser is a spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase . The word geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb...
in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...
in the United States
United States
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. Jet Geyser is in the Fountain Group that includes Fountain Geyser
Fountain Geyser
PFountain Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.Fountain erupts 75–220 feet high with internals that vary from 9 to 15 hours, and has duration of about 30 minutes....
, Morning Geyser, Red Spouter and Silex Spring.
Jet Geyser is a very accessible and intimate geyser, being close to a park road and alongside a boardwalk.
Jet's eruptions are generally frequent but unpredictable. Its behavior is closely linked to nearby (and much bigger) Fountain Geyser
Fountain Geyser
PFountain Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.Fountain erupts 75–220 feet high with internals that vary from 9 to 15 hours, and has duration of about 30 minutes....
. Eruptions can be expected every 7 to 30 minutes with the frequently increasing when Fountain Geyser is active. Jet is a cone-type geyser and erupts from at least five vents. The vents produce varying quantities of water and steam for about a minute. The central vent will usually erupt to about 20 feet (6.1 m).