The Giant Geyser
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The Giant Geyser
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Drawing - Illustration
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The Giant Geyser', 1872. Geothermal feature in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. '... a tremendous geyser, which has been called the Giant. It throws a column of water the size of the opening to the measured altitude of one hundred and thirty feet, and continues the display for an hour and a half. The amount of water discharged was immense, about equal in quantity to that in the river, the volume of which, during the eruption, was doubled'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American . Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]. Artist W. J. Linton. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
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