Backlit Old Faithful

by Priscilla Burgers

Title

Backlit Old Faithful

Artist

Priscilla Burgers

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

***2 TIME CONTEST WINNER***

Image is an early morning eruption of Old Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, backlit by the rising sun. Steaming beehive geyser is in the foreground. Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in the Upper Geyser Basin. It was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name. It is also called the most predictable geographical feature on earth, erupting almost every 91 minutes. The geyser, as well as the nearby Old Faithful Inn, is part of the Old Faithful Historic District. Eruptions can shoot 3,700 to 8,400 US gallons of boiling water to a height of 106 to 185 feet lasting from 1.5 to 5 minutes. The average height of an eruption is 145 feet The highest recorded eruption was 185 feet (. Intervals between eruptions can range from 45 to 125 minutes, averaging 66.5 minutes in 1939, slowly increasing to an average of 90 minutes apart today.

More than 137,000 eruptions have been recorded. Old Faithful is not the tallest or largest geyser in the park; that title belongs to the less predictable Steamboat Geyser. Its popularity is more likely due to the small eruption window and high frequency. Over the years, the length of the interval has increased, which may be the result of earthquakes affecting subterranean water levels. These disruptions have made Old Faithful more predictable, with a margin of error of 10 minutes, Old Faithful will erupt 65 minutes after an eruption lasting less than 2.5 minutes or 91 minutes after an eruption lasting more than 2.5 minutes. The reliability of Old Faithful can be attributed to the fact that it is not connected to any other thermal features of the Upper Geyser Basin.

SOLD:
An 8" x 12" luster print to a buyer in Phoenix, AZ on 11/22/2020. Thank you!


YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Contest - 5/12/2019
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GEYSERS OF THE WORLD Contest - 9/3/2016
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WINTER HEAT Contest - 12/10/2017
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