Bead Geyser
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Bead Geyser is a fountain-type geyser
in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
in the United States
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Bead Geyser is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups are Box Spring
, Dilemma Geyser
, Labial Geyser
, Narcissus Geyser
, Pink Geyser
, and Pink Cone Geyser
. Eruptions of Bead Geyser last about 2½ minutes and are 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Bead is an extremely regular geyser. The interval between eruptions is 28–36 minutes. This changes with time but the average for any given time hardly varies. The duration is also highly regular at about 150 seconds.
Bead Geyser was named after the geyser eggs, loose spherical pieces of geyserite, that used to be found near the geyser. Over the decades since it was discovered, souvenir hunters have removed all of the geyser eggs.
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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Bead Geyser is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups are Box Spring
Box Spring
Box Spring is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.Box Spring is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups are Bead Geyser, Dilemma Geyser, Labial Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, Pink Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser. Eruptions of Box Spring...
, Dilemma Geyser
Dilemma Geyser
Dilemma Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.Dilemma Geyser is part of the Pink Cone complex...
, Labial Geyser
Labial Geyser
Labial Geyser is a cone-type geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.Labial Geyser is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups are Bead Geyser, Box Spring, Dilemma Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, Pink Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser.Eruptions of...
, Narcissus Geyser
Narcissus Geyser
Narcissus Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Narcissus Geyser is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this group are Bead Geyser, Box Spring, Dilemma Geyser, Labial Geyser, Pink Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser.-History:During the...
, Pink Geyser
Pink Geyser
Pink Geyser is a fountain-type geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.Pink Geyser is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups include Bead Geyser, Box Spring, Dilemma Geyser, Labial Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser.Eruptions...
, and Pink Cone Geyser
Pink Cone Geyser
Pink Cone Geyser is a cone-type geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups include Bead Geyser, Box Spring, Dilemma Geyser, Labial Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, and Pink Geyser.Eruptions last 1.5 to...
. Eruptions of Bead Geyser last about 2½ minutes and are 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Bead is an extremely regular geyser. The interval between eruptions is 28–36 minutes. This changes with time but the average for any given time hardly varies. The duration is also highly regular at about 150 seconds.
Bead Geyser was named after the geyser eggs, loose spherical pieces of geyserite, that used to be found near the geyser. Over the decades since it was discovered, souvenir hunters have removed all of the geyser eggs.