Tilt’s Baby Geyser is located in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Named for its larger and nearby predecessor, Tilt Geyser, that itself hasn’t erupted in over 14 years, and hasn’t had regular eruptions in over 22 years. Meanwhile, as the eruptions of Tilt Geyser were waning and its vent closing over with geyserite, in the nearby area a new vent began to form with regular eruptions, that while smaller in height, were also angled in a tilted direction, earning it the name of Tilt’s Baby. Its eruptions have continued regularly up to the present. It is located near the corner of the boardwalk at Crested Pool, on which it shares a common sinter platform. This region is full of surprises for the unsuspecting visitor. First of all there is Crested Pool, a narrow, yet very deep hot spring that is one of the hottest features in the entirety of the park. It is named for its edges which are crested with a wall of geyserite about 10 inches tall that completely encircles its pool. The crested edges help to shadow the pool from sunlight and it tends to look very dark and black. It has a very high rate of convection, such that superheated water is constantly pushed to the surface as cooler and heavier water at its surface rapidly sinks down into its depths. The churning flow of the pool retains its very high temperature throughout. It is generally found in a state of gentle boiling with a steady trail of tiny bubbles rising to the surface. Occasionally however, and without any sort of warning, it waters will suddenly burst upward in a loud explosion, sometimes reaching up to ten feet, startling everybody in the vicinity. After a single explosion, it will immediately quiet back down into its gentle boiling again, as if nothing out of the ordinary ever happened. Then there is Tilt’s Baby Geyser, whose indications of a pending eruption are not usually known to the general visitor, so it will also suddenly begin erupting without warning. Close observation of the geyser will show that there is a build up to eruption. While it is not well predictable with a four hour eruption window, an imminent eruption can be predicted. It begins by filling up its vent after the previous eruption. It will then begin to go through pulses, where it will alternate between pushing large amount of water out, and then draining back down into its vent. Each successive pulse tends to be a little higher, and will cover more of the surrounding sinter formations. In its immediate vicinity are a group of geyserite pillars, each less than half an inch in diameter and about the same in height. The successive pulses of water will tend to cover over more and more of these pillars, and the moment that the last one is covered over is the indication that the pulse is strong enough to initiate the eruption. Tilt’s Baby Geyser will then start sputtering out large globules of water up to about ten feet in height. It is best to move away from the edge of the boardwalk during its eruption as the globules are near boiling temperature, and unlike finer geyser spray, do not rapidly lose temperature before landing. And many of them will land on the boardwalk. The Wild Images Team carefully captured this closeup image of one of its eruptions, as it was going through its typical sputtering activity emanating from its vent in the lower left. In the background, its runoff channel can be seen trailing down to the Firehole River. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos in Yellowstone National Park including a Beehive Geyser eruption with a massive rainbow, the world famous Old Faithful Geyser with water textures, a towering Grand Geyser pause burst eruption, a sunset Castle Geyser eruption with a bright rainbow, an afternoon Riverside Geyser eruption with a rainbow, an early morning Lion Geyser eruption with a rainbow, a very difficult to catch Oblong Geyser blue burst eruption, the extremely powerful Artemisia Geyser eruption with deep bursts, the very moment of waves from a Great Fountain Geyser initial eruption, an iconic White Dome Geyser eruption at sunset, the large bursts of a Fountain Geyser eruption in steam, the delicate red light on a Grotto Fountain Geyser eruption at sunset, the defining moment of a Rocket Geyser eruption at sunset, the extremely brief Aurum Geyser eruption with colors, a view through a Cliff Geyser eruption of Black Sand Basin, the colorful patterns of bacterial mats in Midway Geyser Basin, the changing conditions that cause a rainbow to parallel the Snow Lodge, the Biscuit Basin duo of Black Diamond Pool and Opal Pool, the colorfully pock marked waterways of the erupting Blood Geyser, the active steppes of the Mineral Terraces of Mammoth Hot Springs, the distant double rainbow over the Lewis River Canyon, the before eruption reflections of sunset over the terraces of Great Fountain Geyser, the deep colors of sky reflections over Beauty Pool, the thermally induced sunset light filters through the steamy trees, the intense moment of mammatus clouds over the Firehole River, the very early morning fog surrounding Lower Yellowstone Falls, the runoff created reflections over the colorful runoff pan of Constant Geyser, the unworldly terrain of the extensive Porcelain Geyser Basin in Norris, the deeply hued steam over colorful bacterial mat reflections of Grand Prismatic Spring, the contrast of runoff channels surrounding the blue superheated water of Sapphire Pool, differing wave patterns created by the colorful submerged Fishing Cone Geyser, the strong green created by the record depths of mysterious Abyss Pool, the moment the full moon rises over the Grant Village Lakehouse, the cloud symmetry of a sunset reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, and moments earlier with a cloud shelf reflection over a calm Yellowstone Lake, each of which are available for sale in our store. Blog posts from Yellowstone National Park have documented the Old Faithful Geyser eruptions, the steamy Oblong Geyser eruptions, the deep drain Uncertain Geyser eruptions, the steep crater Depression Geyser eruptions, the amphitheater Grand Geyser eruptions, the impressive Fan and Mortar Geyser eruptions, the very quick Aurum Geyser eruptions, the rooster tail Whirligig Geyser eruptions, the series type Lion Geyser eruptions, the tall grotto White Dome Geyser eruptions, the frequent Sawmill Geyser eruptions, the double cone Atomizer Geyser eruptions, the nozzled Beehive Geyser eruptions, the cratered Fountain Geyser eruptions, the deep pool Artemisia Geyser eruptions, the playful Vixen Geyser eruptions, the scenic Riverside Geyser eruptions, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from above, the very rare Ledge Geyser eruptions from below, the gurgling Tilt’s Baby Geyser eruptions, the bursts of Great Fountain Geyser eruptions, the hidden Dome Geyser eruptions, the tilted Daisy Geyser eruptions, the remote Pink Cone Geyser eruptions, the long Castle Geyser eruption water phases, the loud Castle Geyser eruption steam phases, the stark Constant Geyser eruptions, the rim wall Cliff Geyser eruptions, the initiation from Grotto Fountain Geyser eruptions, the continuation of Grotto Geyser eruptions, the defining moment of Rocket Geyser eruptions, the marathon Spa Geyser eruptions, the blue waters of a Spouter Geyser eruption, the isolated Artist Paint Pots throwing mud, the little seen intricate burst of a mud volcano, a view of a dozen visitors under a Beehive Geyser rainbow, the eruption through numerous vents of Fan and Mortar Geysers, the enormous amount of water through the runoff channels of Excelsior Geyser, the otherworldly view of cloudy blue runoff pools in the Porcelain Basin, the moment that a large bison bull rolled in his claimed dirt pile, the rule for the right of way wildlife, the high altitudes where a large raven that perches over the Dunraven Pass, the the day that a phoenix streaked across the backcountry sky, the trail from Grant Village that crosses over this suspended bridge, The Wild Images Team in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, our Photographer Jeremy Robinson shadowed in Morning Glory Pool, and The Wild Images Team Travel Gnome at the Yellowstone National Park entrance sign.
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