Darryl Pinckney

Harlem exists in retrospect, in the memory of grandparents or elderly cousins, those 'old-timers' ever ready with their geysers of remembered scenes. The legends of 'Black Mecca' are preserved in the glossy musicals of Times Square and in texts of virtually every kind.

American Novelist

C. S. Forester

The material came bubbling up inside like a geyser or an oil gusher. It streamed up of its own accord, down my arm and out of my fountain pen in a torrent of six thousand words a day.

English Novelist

Ellsworth Huntington

The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.

American Educator

Alexis Carrel

Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

French Scientist

Geysers are rare natural phenomena, so the term often conveys a sense of awe or uniqueness.

Natural Wonders

The word implies sudden and intermittent activity—unlike springs, geysers are not always erupting.

Activity Clues

When learning about geysers, knowing their specific locations can add to your geographical knowledge.

Location Matters

The term 'geyser' for water heaters is more familiar in certain regions, reflecting local language use.

Home Use

Knowing the type of geyser is important for discussing energy use; 'electric' and 'gas' are common types.

Energy Type

The word can be used in more technical discussions related to plumbing or home appliances.

Technical Vocabulary

 that these jets might in fact be geysers, and erupting from pockets or chambers of liquid water underneath the surface, but we weren't really sure. However, the implications of those results -- of a possible environment within this moon that could support prebiotic chemistry,

Carolyn Porco: Could a...

 Could these geysers be raining microbes? Could we fly through them to find out? And what about life as we don't know it, using a liquid other than water? Maybe we are the crazy creatures living in an unusual and extreme environment. Maybe the real habitable zone is so large

A needle in countless...

 that these Jets might in fact be geysers and erupting from pockets or chambers of liquid water underneath the surface but we weren't really sure however the implications of those results of a possible environment within this moon that could support prebiotic

Could a Saturn moon...

 We strongly suspected that these were geysers. That this was vapor and particles coming from these fractures. Nothing now is more important than Enceladus. We wanted to go back again and again to learn more and even fly through and taste what

Exploring Saturn's Moons...

 you've got geysers and steam vents and lava. These are surface manifestations of the incredible amount of heat that lies beneath us. Anywhere and everywhere in the world. And we don't have to drill very far to reach temperatures

Jamie C. Beard: The...

 Astrobiologists are curious about whether these geysers are connected to the ocean below. They hope to send a probe to test whether the geysers’ plumes of vapor contain life-enabling material from that hidden sea.

There may be extraterrest...

 this issue is going to be he may be wrong it may be right but it's also that which makes demands take responsibility for what the culture has put or in prostate funny so the organic a geyser

Context determines...

 that could harbor life. One of the mysteries of Saturn, originally, was the source of the rings, and it turns out that Enceladus's geysers feed the very faint but very wide E ring.

Water Discovered In...

 steam vents and geysers attract some three million tourists a year few understand that Old Faithful won't be faithful forever and one day the volcano

Yellowstone: World's...

 geysers like this are actually pretty rare in fact if you're standing at the old faithful visitor center you're practically within sight of half the