—Dante.
And steam and water shot up a column two hundred feet high. The Giant Geyser was playing.
“We the circle crossed
To the next steep, arriving at a well
That boiling pours itself down a foss
Sluiced from its source.”
—Dante.
This well is the formidable Excelsior Geyser which pours its waters into the Fire Hole River.
YELLOWSTONE LAKE.