Old Faithful's Plumbing

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Posted by Kent (174.27.194.56) on 08:23:20 04/13/13

An interesting article from Yahoo.

http://tinyurl.com/cc7dy9p

"Old Faithful's underground plumbing looks more like a bagpipe than a flute, a new study of the Yellowstone National Park geyser finds.

A big chamber sits about 50 feet (15 meters) underground, located southwest of Old Faithful, researchers report in a study published online March 30 in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The exact size can't be determined, but they estimate the egg-shaped void is at least 50 feet (15 m) tall and 60 feet (18 m) wide. The cavern connects to a pipe angled about 24 degrees that feeds Old Faithful's maw."

Yahoo Article

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This was really interesting. Thanks nm - Gracie 11:24:16 04/15/13 (0)

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