Steamboat Geyser erupt Monday morning in Yellowstone National Park, marking the eighth eruption this year/Art Haeussler
The suddenly vigorous Steamboat Geyser at Yellowstone National Park erupted once again, on Monday morning, and one visitor was able to capture the steaming display on video.
The geyser, which has tossed the world's highest spray of hot water 300-400 feet in the air, put on a show just after 9 a.m. local time.
"Looks like @YellowstoneNPS #Steamboat #Geyser is holding true to its ~ 6-8 day repetition cycle - a geyser eruption occurred at about 9:05 a.m. MDT today," the U.S. Geological Survey said in a tweet. "How long do you think this will keep up?"
Art Haeussler captured the eruption and posted it on YouTube:
Like all living entities, Yellowstone's geysers and mudpots and hot springs and fumaroles ebb and flow, and fume and spit, gush and shower, and rise and fall. Such changes in patterns at times are suggestive of ... nothing.
And that seems to be the case with Steamboat, the world's largest active geyser. While Steamboat, located in the park's Norris Geyser Basin, has now erupted eight times this year, a relative gangbuster of activity for a geyser that can go years without erupting, the activity very possibly is indicative of nothing special, according to those who monitor the Yellowstone volcano.
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I thought I sent a question about this. My 9 year old grandson was there the night before this eruption and Art took some pictures of him describing how the eruption works. He was going to post it but I never saw it. His name is Liam Nevin. I was wondering if i could get a copy of the video.
Sorry about that. Lee took the video not Art.
I just happened to log on to Traveler this morning and happened to see your inquiry. I still have the video -- somewhere -- and will have to find it. It shouldn't be hard, but I won't have time to do it until tomorrow (March 17). I do remember Liam. He was so enthusiastic and knowledgeable that is was fun to share the day with him. My phone number is 801-389-0259. Give me a call sometime and we'll work on getting the video to you.
Joan, here is a link to the Traveler piece with videos I shot. In the first one, you can hear Liam's voice. And the voices of a lot of other excited people, too.
https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/.../musings-steamboat-geyser- yellowstone
One more thing, Joan. I receive so many spam calls every day that I don't usually answer any with numbers I don't recognize. Just leave a message or send a text.
i ran across this site after getting steamboat geyser residue on my car like previous posters and thought I'd share my outcome for those who have this issue in the future. Not realizing how bad it was to leave the reaidue on our Yukon, we made no attempt to clean it off until we drove home 3 days later (except scrub the windshield as best we could the day it happened...which still left a lot of visible residue).
Once home, we tried washing it which did nothing. Then I tried white vinegar on a section of glass and paint which did very little, removing perhaps 10-20% of the residue. Then I tried some rubbing alcohol on a small section of glass as a previous poster described. With vigorous rubbing, that removed perhaps 50-60% of the residue. I wasn't sure if it was safe for paint though, so I didn't try using it anywhere else. Finally I tried my clay bar (Zaino brand...I imagine any brand would work) and that removed 100% of the residue immediately with almost no effort (except for time as it's a slow process to run it over an entire car). I hope this helps others.