The story behind the photo: Giant Geyser is a fairly
large cone geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin not especially far from Grotto
Geyser and the beautiful Morning Glory Pool. In August 1998, during
my fifth summer in Yellowstone and my ex-wife Loree's second, she was visited
by her father, his wife, and Loree's sister. They took a walk out
this far from Old Faithful. As one can tell, the day was glorious
and Giant Geyser was inactive. This helped her take a shot of Giant
Geyser which was very pretty. Giant Geyser in its activity rises
to spectacular heights of over 200 feet. However, during my years
in the Park, Giant Geyser wasn't active. It would become active again in the middle of the next decade (2000s) Also, it is
pretty clear from the cone that at least one explosion was violent enough
to help distort its sizeable cone.
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