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Watching Old Faithful Erupt At Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

Two people standing together, watching Old Faithful Geyser erupt on a blue-sky winter day in Yellowstone National Park
Rebecca Latson
Thursday, March 31, 2022

"Watching Old Faithful Geyser erupt is a Yellowstone National Park tradition. People from all over the world have journeyed here to watch this famous geyser. The park’s wildlife and scenery might be as well-known today, but it was the unique thermal features like Old Faithful Geyser that inspired the establishment of Yellowstone as the world’s first national park in 1872."

"Old Faithful is one of nearly 500 geysers in Yellowstone and one of six that park rangers currently predict. It is uncommon to be able to predict geyser eruptions with regularity and Old Faithful has lived up to its name, only lengthening the time between eruptions by about 30 minutes in the last 30 years."

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