Periodic Spring

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Periodic Spring

Periodic Spring

Periodic Spring is a fantastic place. It is a cold water geyser, where a fast, rushing creek, stops and starts. Every 15 to 20 minutes, in the right season, the creek flows, and then it stops. It is located in a beautiful box canyon, with vertical walls around it.
wyopeakMike
on Jun 5, 2008 9:49 am
Image Type(s): Scenery
Image ID: 409969

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Ejnar Fjerdingstad

Ejnar Fjerdingstad - Jun 5, 2008 10:17 am - Voted 10/10

How

can that happen? I thought normal geysers worked by superheated steam, so what can drive a cold geyser?

wyopeakMike

wyopeakMike - Jun 5, 2008 8:33 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: How

It is like a siphon inside of the mountain. When it fills, the water flows out of the creek. When empty it slowly refills. It all happens deep inside of a steep mountainside. Pretty amazing

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