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Riverside Geyser

Shot of the Riverside Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. I was really fortunate to get this shot. This geyser only goes off about every 6 hours and 35 minutes, and the eruption lasts for 20 minutes. The geyser shoots an arc of water across the Firehole River. I arrived at this site during the final 5 minutes of an eruption. Water splattered on my camera lens even though I was across the river. I had no idea that the geyser would be going off when I arrived, but I had read about it the night before my last morning in the park, and decided to visit it. Quite a few bear tracks on the trail leading to this location, but that made the hike all the more adventurous for me!

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Uploaded on June 8, 2018
Taken on October 16, 2017