Bead Geyser

Bead Geyser
Location	Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming
Coordinates	44°32′36″N 110°47′43″W / 44.5433076°N 110.7953086°W / 44.5433076; -110.7953086Coordinates: 44°32′36″N 110°47′43″W / 44.5433076°N 110.7953086°W / 44.5433076; -110.7953086^[1]
Elevation	7,346 feet (2,239 m) ^[2]
Type	Cone geyser
Eruption height	25 feet (7.6 m) ^[3]
Frequency	28-36 minutes ^[3]
Duration	2½ minutes ^[3]
Temperature	69.7 °C (157.5 °F) ^[1]

Bead Geyser is a fountain-type geyser in the Lower Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.

Bead Geyser is part of the Pink Cone Group. Other geysers in this groups are Box Spring, Dilemma Geyser, Labial Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, Pink Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser. Eruptions of Bead Geyser last about 2½ minutes and are 25 feet (7.6 m) high. Bead is an extremely regular geyser. The interval between eruptions is 28–36 minutes. This changes with time but the average for any given time hardly varies. The duration is also highly regular at about 150 seconds.^[3]

Bead Geyser was named after the geyser eggs, loose spherical pieces of geyserite, that used to be found near the geyser. Over the decades since it was discovered, souvenir hunters have removed all of the geyser eggs.^[3]

References

1 2 "Bead Geyser". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.
↑ "Bead Geyser". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
1 2 3 4 5 "Bead Geyser". Geyser Observation and Study Association (GOSA). Retrieved 2005-11-23.

Yellowstone National Park - Lower and Midway Geyser Basins

Geothermal features, geography, historic structures and other attractions in the Lower and Midway Geyser Basins

Lower Geyser Basin	A-0 Geyser Artesia Geyser Azure Spring Bead Geyser Botryoidal Spring Box Spring Clepsydra Geyser Dilemma Geyser Fountain Geyser Fountain Paint Pot Great Fountain Geyser Jet Geyser Labial Geyser Morning Geyser Narcissus Geyser Ojo Caliente Spring Pink Cone Geyser Pink Geyser Spindle Geyser Surprise Pool White Dome Geyser Young Hopeful Geyser

Midway Geyser Basin	Excelsior Geyser Grand Prismatic Spring Opal Pool Turquoise Pool

Structures and History	Firehole Village Grand Loop Road Historic District Marshall's Hotel Nez Perce National Historic Trail Nez Perce Flight Queen's Laundry Bath House

Geography and Geology	Firehole Falls Firehole River

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