Old Faithful Geyser, Old Faithful Group, southeastern Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Hotspot, northwestern Wyoming, USA.
Geysers are hot springs that episodically erupt columns of water.  They occur
Old Faithful mid-eruption in the Upper Geyser Basin. Geysers like this form where a narrow channel connects a water reservoir to the surface above a magma heat source — Yellowstone's volcanic system makes it the most geyser-rich place on Earth. © James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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