Photographs of Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

Eruptions of Lion Geyser are accompanied by a loud roaring sound, hence its name. The geyser is active on average for between 1 and 7 minutes each day, sending water up to 100 feet high. Activity is quite variable, however, as are the quiet intervals, which range from 6 hours to several days. Lion is the largest of a group of four adjacent, interconnected geysers, the others being Lioness, Big Cub and Little Cub; all are surrounded by a wide, low mound of hard, fairly smooth geyserite, built up over many centuries. Of the others only Little Cub (on the south side of the mound) is currently active.

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