Bead Geyser
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Bead Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
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 21⁄2 minutes and are 25 feet (7.6 m) high. The interval between eruptions is 28—36 minutes.
Bead Geyser was named after the geyser eggs that used to found near the geyser. Over the decades since it was discovered, souvenir hunters have removed all of the geyser eggs.
[edit] References
- Pink Cone Group. Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA). Retrieved on 2005-09-22.
[edit] External links
- Images of Bead Geyser. Retrieved on September 22, 2005.
- Video of Bead Geyser. Retrieved on September 22, 2005.
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
