We've moved on across the road to the Fountain Paint Pot Area. I snapped this picture of the bubbling mud.
Spasm Geyser (near) and Clepsydra Geyser (far). Clepsydra Geyser has a temperature of 197.3°F and an eruption interval of seconds to 30 minutes. Duration nearly constant. Height 10-40 feet. Professor T.B. Comstock, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers Survey, named this geyser in 1873 for its regularity "like the ancient Greek water clock." Since the 1959 earthquake, Clepsydra spouts as a nearly constant geyser, erupting from four vents. Two types of eruptions characterize Clepsydra. The constant splash-type eruptions from the highest vents send jets of water and steam 10-15 feet in all directions for about three minutes. The more powerful eruptions, called "wild phase" activity send steady jets 20-40 feet from all four vents for three to six hours. Clepsydra discharges nearly 675 gallons per minute.
This Elk and her baby sit along the river on Firehole Drive.