Geysers!

Something about geysers makes me want to put an exclamation point on the word. Boisterous and individual, they are everyone's favorite geological personality. A research paper in this month's Geology documented how the geysers of Yellowstone responded to the strong November 2003 earthquake far away in Alaska. The quake was over 3000 kilometers away and couldn't be felt in Wyoming, but the highly pressurized, fluid-filled environment of the Yellowstone steamfield sensed the vibrations. Many different geysers there altered their behavior, some for several weeks. Read more about geysers!...