Giant Geyser (HD)
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2018
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Giant Geyser
Geysers are hot springs that episodically erupt columns of water. They occur in few places on Earth. The highest concentration of geysers anywhere is at the Yellowstone Hotspot Volcano in northwestern Wyoming, USA.
Giant Geyser has the second-tallest eruptions of any geyser on Earth (# 1 is Steamboat Geyser). Giant’s eruption columns reach between 200 and 300 feet high, with a water output estimated by park signage at about one million gallons. The geyser is the namesake of the Giant Group in Yellowstone’s Upper Geyser Basin. It is the prominent feature in the Giant Platform, which is located on the western banks of the Firehole River, north of Oblong Geyser and south-southeast of Grotto Geyser.
Giant is a cone-type geyser with a massive geyserite cone about 7 x 9 meters in plan view and about 4 meters tall. The upper half of the cone has a breached, somewhat subcylindrical shape. The visible interior of the upper vent has geyserite with a very coarsely scaled morphology.
Very low to moderate-sized splashing occurs frequently in Giant Geyser, sourced from a northern side vent within the throat of the geyser. Splashing usually extends from lower left to upper right, when viewed from the observation platform ("Giant Cage").
Major eruptions of Giant Geyser do not typically occur at regular intervals. Many years can elapse with no eruptions. During some active seasons, major eruptions occur about once a week. Eruption durations are about 1 to 1.75 hours. “Normal function” eruptions are shorter in height (100 to 200 feet), whereas “Mastiff function” eruptions are taller (200 to 300 feet). The latter are accompanied by prominent eruptive spouting from nearby Mastiff Geyser.
Clips 1-3 - Giant Geyser in the afternoon of 8 July 2014.
Clips 4-7 - Giant Geyser in the afternoon of 11 July 2014. (time stamp 1:37)
Clips 8-11 - Giant Geyser in the mid-morning of 7 June 2018. (time stamp 2:49)
Clip 12 - Giant hot period & initiation of Giant Geyser’s 1:13 to 2:31 PM eruption on 9 June 2018. (time stamp 5:13)
Clips 13-42 - Giant Geyser’s 1:13 to 2:31 PM eruption (normal function) on 9 June 2018. (time stamp 7:18)
Clip 43 - time lapse of Giant Geyser’s hot period & subsequent 1:13 to 2:31 PM eruption on 9 June 2018. (time stamp 17:33)
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Thank you for this fantastic video. Never in my lifetime would I've thought I'd see Giant erupt from your prospective or at all. Born & raised 100 miles from Giant. I've sit in from of Giant many times hoping to see what you have recorded. I'm glad y'all got to see this eruption in person. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the kind comments. I got to see it erupt again about a week-and-a-half ago, after midnight.
People: *COME ON GIANT, YOU CAN DO IT!!!*
Giant: I've been waiting this moment all my life. It's finally my time to shine!
Wow such a awesome geyser can’t believe you caught it! So much power
Dang, they weren't kidding. That geyser is giant
This summer I was lucky enough to have seen giant go off. It is incredible
Giant loves the cheers
It's nice to see that giant still lives. It went quiet for several years straight without one eruption iirc.
Wow what a rarified treat! You lucky duck. That went for such a long time...I didn't know geysers could go for so long. I'd love to see something so rare in person but I'm afraid my odds aren't that great. I've never been to yellowstone and if/when I finally go, it'll most likely be a one time adventure.
It took me 5 days to get this Giant eruption. I kept worrying that it would erupt overnight when I retired to the Inn each evening. But, seeing it at night wasn't what I was after. I did see Giant a 2nd time that summer, and it was at night - a little after midnight, as I recall. Only 4 or 5 people there, so that was a treat.
it's sort of visible 6:27 where it is not being blocked by the steam of one of the platform vents and also realized it might be one of the purple pools.
That's North Purple Pool. It & East Purple Pool had frequent low to very low spouting both before & after Giant Geyser's eruption. South Purple Pool was in decent overflow during the days before Giant's eruption. After the eruption, South Purple was not overflowing.
@@jsj1771 thank you I've known about the purple pools before but i couldn't tell which one. I would do anything to go back to Yellowstone one more time
I'd definitely recommend trying to get back to the park some time. It's nicknamed "Wonderland" for a reason! Long ago, there used to be a tourist trail next to the Purple Pools. Hints of the trail can be seen on modern satellite imagery. The pools can be watched with binoculars from the tourist platform at Giant Geyser. They do erupt, but very rarely.
@@jsj1771 it's going to be unlikely that i am going to be able to go to Yellowstone soon so i am just going stick to the book "the geysers of Yellowstone" for now
what spring or geyser is making the steam plume in the background?
Can you be more specific? At what point in the video?
How did you know when to expect it?
First of all, it has to be active - it's not currently. It was in an active phase from July 2017 to March 2019. Eruption intervals during active phases are unpredictable. I waited 5 days to catch the eruption in this video. I've seen it twice - the 2nd occasion was after midnight on 13 August 2018. The video clips I have of that aren't great (it was dark). Long story short, during an active phase, the key factors for witnessing a Giant eruption are patience, persistence, luck, and familiarity.
When was this?
See the caption under the video for time & date details, plus info. about the geyser itself and its eruptions. The big eruption seen here was early June 2018.
mr beast
The people yelling are so rude...
Getting just nature sounds is desirable, but we have to share the park with others. It's analogous to sports nerds watching a game in a stadium. One might want to watch in peace & quiet, but you can't stop the cheers of thousands of folks around you.
Facts
I think its oddly wholesome. hearing the cheering and support for Giant to do her thing :>