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Porcelain Basin

View of large flat whitish geyser basin with two visitors on a boardwalk and bright blue hot springs.

Parts of the whitish rock-sheet before you pulsate from the pressure of steam and boiling water beneath them.  A number of geysers and other features here have been born suddenly in small hydrothermal explosions.  Some features are ephemeral, their activity lasting a few hours, days, or weeks.  A few others have become relatively permanent fixtures in the scene.

Norris Geyser Basin Tour
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Last Updated: Friday, 18-May-2007 18:17:12 Eastern Daylight Time
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