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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Describes the characteristics and explains the principles of geysers, hot springs, and volcanoes. ... Read more

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Explores the nature, location, and causes of hot springs, including those that gush hot water and steam into the air and are called geysers. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Some Like It Hot! is a beautiful visual portrait of Yellowstone National Park's best and most favorite thermal features. This stunning portfolio of photographs by Susan M Neider is uniquely organized by geographic region, so it's easy to find specific geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. Fascinating historical descriptions by early explorers of the geyser basins--including General H.D. Washburn, F.V. Hayden, and famed conservationist John Muir--accompany these vibrant images and emphasize the timeless beauty and wonder of Yellowstone. ... Read more

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Yellowstone is beautiful
We took our family to Yellowstone 2 summers ago and loved it. I thought that this book would be a nice souvenir of our trip. But now I've discovered all the beautiful springs, geysers and lakes that we somehow missed. A return trip is definitely in order. The colors that Susan Neider captures in her photography are breath-takingly beautiful. I particularly like the panoramic shot of Grand Prismatic Spring (aka Hell's Half Acre), with its fiery orange/red brilliance that stretches on and on. The eruption of Castle Geyser in 4 separate shots is beautifully captured as well. Yellowstone is a national treasure and I am glad that this book can remind me of its existence and stunning beauty until the next time I am able to get out there to visit.

Where the Wild Things Aren't


What a beautiful thing Susan M Neider's book is. It makes me want to go right back to Yellowstone - where I've been maybe four or five times - and make good all those uncanny spectacles - those eruptions from the lower depths - I'd missed in my pursuit of wolves, bears, moose and all the other wild things the park is heir to. But even if I'd seen everything she had photographed I'd still want to go back, because (as she demonstrates) the earth up there is in constant flux. Only yesterday I read a little story in the NYT which mentioned that Yellowstone had been shaken by dozens of tremblors, and that local seismologists were monitoring the situation carefully. If I had to choose but one of her photographs for my wall it would be that golden mask with the two blind eyes entitled simply 'Sand'. Of course many others vie for second spot, such as Chromatic Pool, the shots of the thermophiles, and Old Faithful. Until I raise the moolah to go back from this side of he Atlantic, Ms Neider's book will remain the perfect substitute.

Clive Sinclair
St Albans, England

Stunning Photos
There are some amazing photographs of geothermal features located in Yellowstone National Park in this book.

Packed cover to cover with nature photos that will awe-inspire
Yellowstone is filled with intriguing natural mysteries and has fascinated geologists for centuries. "Some Like it Hot! Yellowstone's Favorite Geysers, Hot Springs, and Fumaroles, with Personal Accounts by Early Explorers" focuses on the extreme natural features of Yellowstone National Park and is packed cover to cover with nature photos that will awe-inspire. A strong pick for any nature collection, "Some Like It Hot!" will surely bring joy to any extreme nature enthusiast.

Hooray for Susan Neider!
Edward Weston, Ansel Adams and the other masters of black-and-white nature and landscape photography had it relatively easy.It was simple to go into their darkrooms to expand and contract tonal ranges to provide both legible information and strikingly beautiful images.

Today's color photographers have an additional task - the color their cameras capture rarely matches the color their minds capture.If you're not photographing flowers, it's amazing how muted the colors of nature can be to a digital camera's memory card compared to a human's memory card.

Photographers have solved this with filters, duping, only shooting during those magic minutes before and during sunset and sunrise and, of course, most of all, computer manipulation.And, sadly, for some reason, the more garish, the more poster-like the images, the greater the public acceptance.

Hooray for Susan Neider for walking a slippery slope and finding the right balance point - one that says, "Look how beautiful this world is." rather than, "Look at what a clever photographer I am."

As a consequence, I would like to visit, to see for myself, what she has photographed.I hope it doesn't demean her photographs and the substantial descriptions from John Muir, Walter Trumball, G.C. Doane and others to say this is a unique Yellowstone guide book both in subject and quality.Right now it's the only guide book sharing my shelves with Mr. Weston and Mr. Adams. ... Read more

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A new, revised and expanded edition of Yellowstone's popular guide to thermal features. Each thermal feature - geyser, hot spring or mud pot - is illustrated with a beautiful color photograph, and a descriptive narration. An appendix to predict eruptions of Old Faithful Geyser is provided in the back. ... Read more

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Best book for geysers while in Yellowstone National Park
This little field guide is hands-down the best guide to use in choosing which geysers to view, and where, while in Yellowstone National Park.T. Scott Bryan's "The Geysers of Yellowstone" is also a great book, but has few photos and all in black and white (except the cover), and its comprehensiveness reduces its usefulness for quick consultation during a visit.Buy Bryan's book to learn everything there is to know about Yellowstone's Geysers, but buy Schreier's gorgeously illustrated and compact Field Guide for use IN the Park on your vacation.

A must buy if visiting Yellowstone.Excellent Book
This book has all the information you need about the geysers in Yellowstone.Which basin of the park each geyser is located.It has maps of the different basins and where you will find each of the Geysers.Includes color pictures of each geyser and gives great detail about each, including intervals of when the geyser errupts.

EXCELLENT field guide!
I cannot speak highly enough of this book.
My boyfriend and I just got back from our first trip to Yellowstone- and this book was invaluable to us.
We took it with us as we went to the various geyser basins. It was incredibly helpful!

We read about the geysers,hot springs, fumuroles and mud pots as we got to each one.

The book also has great color photos of each feature.

It is broken down into these sections:
* Geyser Life
* Mammoth Hot Spring Terraces
* Norris Geyser Basin
* Gibbon Geyser Basin
* Lower Geyser Basin
* Midway Geyser Basin
* Biscuit Geyser Basin
* Black Sand Basin
* Upper Geyser Basin
* Shoshone Geyser Basin
* Mud Volcano Area
* West Thumb Geyser Basin
* Heart Lake Geyser Basin
* New Zealand - (3 hot springs)

As an example, here's what the book says about Fountain Paint Pots (in the Lower Geyser Basin):
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Temperature= 202.8 degrees F
Dimensions: 80 X 40 feet

Fountain Paint Pots was originally named "Mud Puff" by the 1871 Hayden survey and later turn-of-the-century tourists called it Mammoth Paint Pots.But guide books referred to the area as Fountain Geyser and Paintpots and the name was adopted in 1927.

The mud is composed of clay and fine particles of silica broken down by acids and grinding action.
The tinting of the mud in colors of pink and gray from iron oxides is derived from the original rock.
The bubbling action results in escaping steam and gasses- mainly carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide.

In the spring and early summer the mud is thin and the pots boil. By late summer and fall there is less moisture and the mud is thicker, creating unusual shapes and formations.
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The only gripe that I have about this book is that it does not list every single feature.
There is a map at the beginning of each section- in red are the features that are talked about- and in black are the ones that are not mentioned.

In the Lower Geyser Basin- there were several feautures that we came to that were not talked about in the book, such as:
Leather Pool, Celestine Pool, Firehole Pool and Surprise Pool, Hot Lake, Jet Geyser, Twig Geyser, etc...

In the Midway Geyser Basin, Opal Pool is not talked about. We walked up to it and wanted to know more about it.

But I do highly recommend this book.
Most of the features are listed. The author talks about the history and goes into detail about the characteristics about the features.
I recommend this book for anyone taking their first trip to Yellowstone. Take this book along with you as you tour the fascinating geological features of the park.You will be glad that you had this helpful guide.
This book also is great for everyone who loves Yellowstone and would like to learn more about the magic of this park.

A very useful book when touring Yellowstone National Park.
I took my family to Yellowstone National Park hoping to see some of the more unusual geysers in action. Carl Schreier's book was a great help in choosing which geysers to wait for to see the eruptions. For each geyser,hot spring, and fumarole, Schreier's book contains a photo and interestinginformation concerning the discovery of the various thermal sights, and anaccurate description of the interval and duration of the geysers. Everyonein our family was reading it. ... Read more

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Chapters: Geyser, Hot Spring, Fumarole, Black Smoker, Hydrothermal Vent, Mud Volcano, Halemaumau Crater, Cold Seep, Lost City, Loki's Castle, Hydrothermal Vents and Seamounts of the Azores, Deep Creek Hot Springs, List of Geothermal Springs in the United Kingdom, Mudpot, Eel City, Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents, Magic Mountain. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 104. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A geyser is a spring characterized by intermittent discharge of water ejected turbulently and accompanied by a vapour phase (steam). The word geyser comes from Geysir, the name of an erupting spring at Haukadalur, Iceland; that name, in turn, comes from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb itself from Old Norse. The formation of geysers is due to particular hydrogeological conditions, which exist in only a few places on Earth, so they are a fairly rare phenomenon. Generally all geyser field sites are located near active volcanic areas, and the geyser effect is due to the proximity of magma. Generally, surface water works its way down to an average depth of around 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) where it contacts hot rocks. The resultant boiling of the pressurized water results in the geyser effect of hot water and steam spraying out of the geyser's surface vent. About a thousand known geysers exist worldwide, roughly half of which are in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States. A geyser's eruptive activity may change or cease due to ongoing mineral deposition within the geyser plumbing, exchange of functions with nearby hot springs, earthquake influences, and human intervention. Jet-like eruptions, often referred to as geysers, have been observed on several of the moons of the outer solar system. Due to the low ambient pressures, these eruptions consist of vapor without liquid; th...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13034 ... Read more

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Chapters: Aquifers of South America, Geysers of Chile, Hot Springs of Argentina, Hot Springs of Chile, Spa Towns in Brazil, Springs of Argentina, Springs of Brazil, Springs of Paraguay, Springs of Uruguay, Águas de São Pedro, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Socorro, São Paulo, Chihuío, Liquiñe, El Tatio, Malalhue, Cacheuta Spa, Guaraní Aquifer, Puyehue Hot Springs, Termas de Chillán, Panimávida, Mamiña. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:The Guaraní AquiferThe Guaraní Aquifer , located beneath the surface of Argentina , Brazil , Paraguay and Uruguay , is one of the world's largest aquifer systems and is an important source of fresh water . Named after the Guaraní tribe, it covers 1,200,000 km², with a volume of about 40,000 km³, a thickness of between 50 m and 800 m and a maximum depth of about 1,800 m. It is estimated to contain about 37,000 km³ of water (arguably the largest single body of groundwater in the world, although the overall volume of the constituent parts of the Great Artesian Basin is much larger), with a total recharge rate of about 166 km³/year from precipitation . It is said that this vast underground reservoir could supply fresh drinking water to the world for 200 years. Due to an expected shortage of fresh water on a global scale, which environmentalists suggest will become critical in under 20 years, this important natural resource is rapidly becoming politicized , and the control of the resource becomes ever more controversial.Geology of the aquifer The Guaraní Aquifer consists primarily of sedimented sandstones deposited by fluvial and eolian processes during the Triassic and Jurassic periods (between 200 and 130 million years ago), with over 90 % of the total area overlaid with basalt of a low-permeability, deposited during the Cretacous period, acting as an aquitard... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Water: Science and Issues, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1459 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Integrates key concepts, current issues, traditional and emerging research, and major legislation in three subject areas: fresh water, marine waters, and policy and management. These topics are complemented by historical overviews, biographical sketches, and career information. ... Read more

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:FOSSIL FORESTS AND HOODOO REGION.Although the Grand Tour, with such extra excursions as have been noted, covers the roads, bridle-paths and trails which are used by the great majority of visitors, it by no means exhausts the possibilities of travel within the Park limits. The road from Baronette's Bridge to the Clark's Fork Mines, for example, leads through magnificent mountain scenery, and also traverses one of the principal fossil forest regions in the Park. The bridle-path, leaving this road near Soda Butte Springs, and following the south bank of the East Fork, conducts, twenty-nine miles from Soda Butte and about forty-five miles from Baronette's Bridge, to the Hoodoo or Goblin Mountains, without a brief description of whose wonders this little volume would be incomplete.Petrified Forests.—The basins of the East Fork of the Yellowstone, and of Pelican, Tower and Black Tail Creeks, constitute an area of petrified forest growths on a scale hitherto unknown. One of the most easily accessible of the fossilized forest areas is situated to the southwest of Pleasant Valley, about four miles from Baronette's Bridge. There are not so many petrified tree trunks standing here as are to be seen at some other points ; but the tourist will, nevertheless, be fully repaid by turning off from the road and examining these curious objects. On the south side of the Third Canon, also, nearly opposite Hell-roaring Creek, is a massive promontory, composed of conglomerates, in which are numerous beds of sandstones and shales. The greater part of these strata is filled with the silicified remains of successive forest growths, which often appear in relief upon the face of the height, the treessometimes standing upright just as they grew, rising in vertical layers one above the other, with the ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Geysers of Italy, Hot Springs of Italy, Spa Towns in Italy, Abano Terme, Bobbio, Baiae, Chianciano Terme, Angolo Terme, Sirmione, Bognanco, Castrocaro Terme E Terra Del Sole, Montegrotto Terme, Acqui Terme, Bormio, Salsomaggiore Terme, Riolo Terme, Battaglia Terme, Miradolo Terme, Agliano Terme, Garniga Terme, Gaverina Terme, Saturnia, Recoaro Terme, Pré-Saint-Didier, Galzignano Terme, Castel San Pietro Terme, Darfo Boario Terme, Teolo, San Pellegrino Terme, Porretta Terme, Vallio Terme, Lardarello, Aquae Cutiliae, Bagni Vignoni. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 95. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bobbio -Bobbio is 45 km. far from Piacenza and from there you can reach it taking the state road n. 45 that connect Piacenza to Genova. From Pavia you can reach Bobbio through the road n. 461 and Pass Penice. From Bobbio taking the road to Piacenza in a few minute you can reach the Barberino Orrido a wonderful overhanging on the river Trebbia, following on the same direction you meet the village of Mezzano Scotti and a few kilometers after the little village called Perino. It is an ideal starting point for visiting the Perino Valley or the ancient characteristic villages of Aglio and Pradovera where are the remains of the old castle of Erbia. On the same road but in direction Genova, 4 km. from Bobbio, there is San Salvatore a little village from where you can enjoy a wonderful view of the river meanders. A few kilometers upstream is Marsaglia and Brugnello with ancient Church of Brugnello overlooking the river Trebbia. From Bobbio taking the state road n. 461 for Pavia after 12 km. you reach Passo Penice (m. 1145) where is a ski resort, on the top of the Mount Penice (m. 1460) there is the ancient Virgin Penice Sanctuary with a view of the territory; a few kilometers downhil...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=325704 ... Read more

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Chapters: Geysers of Iceland, Hot Springs of Iceland, Geysir, Blue Lagoon, Strokkur, Deildartunguhver. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Geysir (sometimes known as The Great Geysir), in the Haukadalur valley, Iceland, is the first geyser known to scholarship, i.e., it is the first geyser ever described in a printed source and the earliest geyser known to Europeans. The English word geyser (a spouting hot spring) derives from Geysir. The name Geysir itself is derived from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush", the verb from Old Norse. Geysir lies on the slopes of Laugarfjall hill at , which is also the home to Strokkur geyser about 50 metres south. Eruptions at Geysir can hurl boiling water up to 70 metres in the air. However, eruptions may be infrequent, and have in the past stopped altogether for years at a time. The oldest accounts of a geyser at Haukadalur date back to 1294. Earthquakes in the area caused significant changes in local neighbouring landscape creating several new hot springs. Changes in the activity of the Geysir and the surrounding geysers are strongly related to earthquake activity. In records dated 1630 the geysers erupted so violently that the valley around them trembled. In recent times earthquakes have tended to revive the activity of Geysir which then subsides again in the following years. Before 1896, Geysir was almost dormant before an earthquake that year caused eruptions to begin again, occurring several times a day, lasting up to an hour and causing spouts of up to 60 metres in height. In 1910, it was active every 30 minutes; five years later the time between the eruptions was as much as six hours, and in 1916, the eruptions all but ceased. In 1935 a manmade channel was dug through the silica rim around the edge of the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=305241 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Geysers of Chile, Hot Springs of Chile, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Chihuío, Liquiñe, El Tatio, Malalhue, Puyehue Hot Springs, Termas de Chillán, Panimávida, Mamiña. Excerpt: Puyehue-Cordón Caulle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ASTER image showing the location Puyehue, Cordón Caulle, Mencheca and Carrán Volcanoes. Cordillera Nevada is the semicircular structure north west of C. Caulle. The image is aligned to the north.Puyehue, Cordón Caulle and Cordillera Nevada together form a northwest trending massif in the Andes of Ranco Province. The three volcanoes are coalesced. Puyehue is the most southern and eastern of the three coalesced volcanoes. Cordón Caulle occupies the center. Cordillera Nevada, at the northwest end of the alignment, owes its name to its often snowy appearance from the relatively densely populated Chilean Central Valley. The massif is located between two lakes, Ranco Lake in the north and Puyehue Lake in the south. The fact that Puyehue volcano is named after Puyehue Lake reflects that it is better seen and more accessible from the south. Cordillera Nevada is a 9 kilometres (6 mi) wide semicircular caldera and corresponds to the remnants of a collapsed volcano. Cordillera Nevada covers an approximate area of 700 square kilometres (172,974 acres). Cordón Caulle is a northwest trending ridge that hosts a volcano-tectonic graben in which a fissure vent is developed. Through all its length Cordón Caulle's upper parts are above the tree line and at its highest parts it reaches 1,798 metres (5,899 ft). Puyehue Volcano is a stratovolcano located on the southeastern end of Cordón Caulle just east of the main fault of the Liquiñe-Ofqui Fault Zone. Its cone hosts a 2.4 km wide crater, and products of Puyehue Volcano covers an area o... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22559991 ... Read more