Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Labial’s Satellite Geyser (2021)
Geysers are hot springs that episodically erupt columns of water. They occur in few places on Earth. The highest concentration of geysers anywhere is at the Yellowstone Hotspot Volcano in northwestern Wyoming, USA.
Labial’s Satellite Geyser is a two-vent feature located in the northeastern Pink Cone Group of Yellowstone’s Lower Geyser Basin. Eruptions are uncommon and durations are usually 12 to 15 minutes, but range from ~9 to ~17 minutes. Eruptions commence with the eastern vent, which has low to moderate-sized splashing. As an eruption nears completion, the eastern vent’s activity gets lower and weaker. The western vent usually starts after and finishes before the eastern vent. Activity at the western vent is steam-rich with spitting spouts that can reach higher than the eastern vent’s splashing. Minor eruptions are brief (less than one minute) and involve light splashing, spouting, and spitting from the eastern vent. In the eruption seen here, the western vent started just before the eastern vent. The clips depict the eastern vent.
Filmed from Firehole Lake Drive.
Clips 1-5 - Labial’s Satellite Geyser’s 1:41 to 1:56 PM eruption on 2 June 2021.
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Labial’s Satellite Geyser (2021)
Geysers are hot springs that episodically erupt columns of water. They occur in few places on Earth. The highest concentration of geysers anywhere is at the Yellowstone Hotspot Volcano in northwestern Wyoming, USA.
Labial’s Satellite Geyser is a two-vent feature located in the northeastern Pink Cone Group of Yellowstone’s Lower Geyser Basin. Eruptions are uncommon and durations are usually 12 to 15 minutes, but range from ~9 to ~17 minutes. Eruptions commence with the eastern vent, which has low to moderate-sized splashing. As an eruption nears completion, the eastern vent’s activity gets lower and weaker. The western vent usually starts after and finishes before the eastern vent. Activity at the western vent is steam-rich with spitting spouts that can reach higher than the eastern vent’s splashing. Minor eruptions are brief (less than one minute) and involve light splashing, spouting, and spitting from the eastern vent. In the eruption seen here, the western vent started just before the eastern vent. The clips depict the eastern vent.
Filmed from Firehole Lake Drive.
Clips 1-5 - Labial’s Satellite Geyser’s 1:41 to 1:56 PM eruption on 2 June 2021.
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