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Excelsior Geyser Crater

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Hot Spring in Excelsior Group, Midway Geyser Basin on Firehole River on Midway Geyser Basin Trail in Yellowstone NP, Rocky Mountains near Old Faithful, WY

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Excelsior Geyser Crater, formerly known as Excelsior Geyser, is a hot spring in the Midway Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Excelsior was named by the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871.

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Aerial view of Excelsior Geyser (lower left) and Grand Prismatic Spring (top center) in Midway Geyser Basin, Jim Peaco (NPS) photograph above.

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Outlet of Excelsior Geyser. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. ca. 1890. Joseph Paxson Iddings (USGS)

Overflow of Excelsior Geyser, bank of the Firehole River. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. ca. 1890. Joseph Paxson Iddings (USGS)

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