Geyser Valley was discovered along the Shumnaya River on April 14, 1941, by hydrologist Tatyana Ustinova from the Kronotsky Nature Reserve and her guide Itelmen Anisifor Krupenin. They called the first geyser Pervenets (First-born).
Geyser Valley was discovered along the Shumnaya River on April 14, 1941, by hydrologist Tatyana Ustinova from the Kronotsky Nature Reserve and her guide Itelmen Anisifor Krupenin. They called the first geyser Pervenets (First-born).
Geyser Valley is a geothermal reserve in Kamchatka in the Geizernaya River valley. Kronotsky Nature Reserve includes Kronotskoye Lake, 16 volcanoes plus hot springs and glaciers.
Twenty large geysers and many springs can be found at the confluence of the Geizernaya and Shumnaya Rivers. The geysers periodically shoot fountains of hot water and steam into the air.
A geyser is a hot spring that periodically erupts, spewing water into the air.
Geyser activity cycles include several phases: first water fills an underground basin, then it pours out of the geyser canal. Next is an ejection phase accompanied by a vapor phase. Then the geyser goes inactive until more water is accumulated.
Geyser Valley’s best known geysers are shown here with their pulsating hot springs and steam jets.
Velikan (Giant), the largest of the geysers, is on the left bank of the Geizernaya River. After strong internal water pressure builds, the geyser shoots boiling water 30 meters into the air and steam shoots 300 meters high. Every two minutes, the geyser releases a large amount of steam.
Each geyser has its own rate of activity and rhythm that runs like a clock. The water temperature is up to 98 degrees Celsius.
The water contains sodium chloride, with a relatively large amount of silica, and several microelements including lithium, rubidium and boron. In addition, the geysers spew nitrogen gas.
On June 3, 2007. a massive mudflow covered two thirds of the valley.
A dam was formed in the middle of the Geizernaya River where it flows through canyon. The dam covered 13 active springs.
Eventually, most of the geysers became active again, with new hot springs emerging.
Cracked waterbed at Geyser Valley..
