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English: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Porkchop Geyser in Norris Geyser Basin hours after its eruption of September 3, 1972. Normally clear of opalescent blue with slightly surging minor discharge, it is shown here as nearly empty but refilling. Note details and colors of opaline sinters above (white and gray) and below (tan) normal water level. The rock near the center is about 4 centimeters in diameter. September 3, 1972. Figure 11, U.S. Geological Survey Professional paper 1456.
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Author D. E. White

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