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Emerald Spring is 27 feet (8.2 m) deep. The water temperature in the spring is around 83.3 °C (181.9 °F). The spring gets its name from the emerald green color of the water created by sunlight filtering through the water, giving the light a blue color, and reflecting off the yellow
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While Emerald Spring is a mostly calm pool, which usually only has a few bubbles rising to the surface, it does experience periods of turbidity and small 3-foot (1-m) high eruptions. In 1931, Emerald experienced a period of extremely vigorous activity with eruptions measuring 60 to 75 feet
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Geothermal features, historic structures and other attractions in the
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Philetus Norris
Park County, Wyoming
Coordinates
44°43′32″N 110°42′15″W / 44.725665°N 110.704276°W / 44.725665; -110.704276
Type
hot spring
Norris Geyser Basin
Yellowstone National Park

Philetus Norris
Robert W. Wood
prank
fluorescein
colorful



"Emerald Spring"
Montana State University
"Emerald Spring"
Geographic Names Information System
United States Geological Survey
United States Department of the Interior
ISBN
0-87081-383-8
Seabrook, W.


"Emerald Spring"

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