In the remote landscape of Tajikistan, photographer Øystein Sture Aspelund discovered a small geyser near a high-altitude lake. With a fast shutter, he “froze” the shapes of the eruption, capturing Keep reading
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“-37F Winter in Yellowstone”
Yellowstone National Park is always fascinating and surreal, but especially so in winter when volcanically-heated geysers and springs meet frigid, snowy weather. This short film from Drew Simms shows the Keep reading
Mapping Yellowstone Underground
Yellowstone National Park is filled with geysers, hot springs, and mudpots — all geophysical features driven by the underground movement of water heated by the underlying volcano. But what does Keep reading
The Mobile Mud Spring of Niland, CA
What’s part geyser, part mud pot, and all creeping, unstoppable natural disaster? The Niland Geyser, known as the world’s only moving mud spring. Dianna explores this geological mystery in the Keep reading
Slow Mo Geyser
Geysers are one of the most surreal wonders of our planet – pools of turquoise that periodically erupt into towers of water and steam. But what we see from the Keep reading
Geyser Physics
Three basic components are necessary for a geyser: water, an intense geothermal heat source, and an appropriate plumbing system. In order to achieve an explosive eruption, the plumbing of a Keep reading