Spasm Geyser
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Spasm Geyser is a geyser
in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park
in the United States
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Spasm Geyser is part of the Fountain Group. It is located adjacent to the walkway past the Fountain Group.
It is connected to Fountain Geyser
, ceasing play during Fountain's eruption.
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
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Spasm Geyser is part of the Fountain Group. It is located adjacent to the walkway past the Fountain Group.
It is connected to 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....
, ceasing play during Fountain's eruption.