White Dome Geyser

44.539444444444 - 110.80277777778Koordinaten: 44 ° 32 ' 22 " N, 110 ° 48' 10" W

The White Dome Geyser is a geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park in the U.S. state of Wyoming. Since it is located in close proximity to the Great Fountain Geyser on Firehole Lake Drive, he is seen by many tourists who are waiting for the eruption of the Great Fountain Geyser.

Description

The geyser has a cone- shaped exit point of about 4m height, making it one of the highest in the park. The cone consists of geyserite, which is dissolved in the water geyser and has been deposited at the outlet opening through the centuries. Geyserite is referred to in everyday language as well as sintering.

Although the geyser is exceeded many times over in the amount and intensity eruption from the nearby Great Fountain Geyser, it is still a major. Thus, for example, had the Old Yellowstone Library and Museum Association, which now occurs as the Yellowstone Association, the White Dome Geyser integrated for many years in their logo.

The thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus, which also occurs in the waters of the White Dome Geyser, was extracted in 1969 by researchers at the Indiana University from the waters of Mushroom Pool. This is a non- eruptive hot spring near the White Dome Geyser.

White Dome is the largest geyser in the White Dome Group, belonging to at least six other geysers and some not eruptive hot springs along the Firehole Lake Drive. His drain is over ditches with the White Creek and the Tangled Creek, two tributaries of the Firehole River, connected.

Eruption behavior

The eruptions of White Dome Geyser are difficult or impossible to predict, there are intervals of 15 minutes to 3 hrs. Usually, however, is expected to eruption every 20 to 35 minutes. A typical eruption lasts for 2 to 3 minutes and reaches heights of up to 10m at the beginning of the eruption. As usual for a conical Geyser, an eruption begins and ends with a short vapor mixed with Wasserausstößen.