Talk:Geyser

This strikes me as odd and out of place. There may be a few sentences in here that could be salvaged and either re-entered into this article or other articles (the Leidenfrost effect, perhaps)? Ed Cormany 04:03 15 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I concur; also, the previous several paragraphs (describing the Great Geysir in Iceland) are badly out of date. I think this whole section must have been taken without attribution from some very old book. The absence of more than a passing mention of the Yellowstone geysers, any mention at all of the geyser fields in Kamchatka, and a paragraph about Californian geysers which just plain do not exist, all bespeak a serious need for someone to rewrite this article from scratch.

(Actually several geysers DO exist in California --- see: (Bryan 1995 and Glennon 2005) May 2005). Except during major tectonic events, they are all quite small -- less than a meter high).

I volunteer, but I can't take the time right now. I'll be back in a few days. Evan Hunt 00:05 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Contents

1 A very hot Bath 2 and climate 3 A map 4 Geysers and Climate

A very hot Bath

Would it not be very convenient to live near a geyser? We might have our victuals cooked by it, and have pipes led from it all round our house, to keep us comfortable in winter; and we might have nice hot baths in our dressing-rooms, arid even a little steam-engine to roast our meat and grind our coffee. But perhaps you may think it might not be altogether pleasant to be kept so continually in hot water.

Were any of the water from the geyser to fall on your hands, you would doubtless feel it rather sore; still more so, were you to be so rash as to thrust your hand fairly into the jet of boiling water, as it ascends into the air. Nevertheless, strange as it may seem, it would be possible for you, without feeling any pain or sustaining any injury, to thrust your hand right into the glowing lava as it flows from the crater of Hekla. The only precaution needful to be observed, is first to plunge the hand into cold water, and then dry it gently with a soft towel, but so as to leave it still a little moist. This discovery was made by a French philosopher, M. Boutigny, and has been practically proved both by him and M. Houdin, the celebrated conjuror, by thrusting their hands into molten iron, as it flowed from the furnace. The latter describes the sensation as like what one might imagine to be felt on putting the hand into liquid velvet. The reason why this experiment proves so harmless is that between the skin and the glowing substance there is formed a film of vapour, which acts as a complete protection. It is this elastic cushion of vapour which imparts that feeling of softness described by M. Houdin; for it is with it alone that the hand comes into contact.

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I have added a series of photos of Strokkur (Great Geysir's very active next door neighbour), but I know little about page layout and HTML... can anyone with the necessary skills make it look better? Pete 08:55, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

and climate

which effect has the climate? what kind of climate is necessary for the existence of geysers? --141.53.194.251 13:13, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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A map

Would be great to have a map showing world distribution of geysers. Is anyone able to create it? --Eleassar777 15:43, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Had a bash, using this page (http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/geysers/geysmapw.html) as a guide - not sure what I've done looks very good, but if anyone thinks it looks ok for the article then move it over!

There is a map in hot spring for the USA but that is not limited to geysers. For the USA, see http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/seg/geotherm.shtml and search the database. For example, request Wyoming without otherwise limiting the search, and you'll see several items with "geyser" in their name. One of the other links on that page goes to some more global information. (SEWilco 02:25, 21 May 2005 (UTC))

Geysers and Climate

Geysers exist in all climates, thus I removed "climate" as a factor necessary for geysers.