Fly Geyser, Washoe County. Photo: Terry Cynar, circa 1997
Kyle Hot Springs, Buena Vista Valley, Pershing County. Photo: Jack Hursh, 2009
Primary geothermal power plant (steam flash) above Steamboat Springs, Washoe County (Caithness plant) Photographer: Jon Price 1989
Water vapor from venting pipes at the Caithness geothermal plant, above Steamboat Springs, Washoe County Photographer: Jon Price 1989
Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This is not a natural geyser but a leaking geothermal well that was drilled in 1964. The hot-spring deposits consist of siliceous sinter and travertine, and the red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.) Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003
The Thumb, a few hundred meters north of the Fly Ranch Geyser, Washoe County. This travertine mound continues to be built by water leaking from a well drilled in 1916. The red and green colors are caused by thermophilic algae. (Information from Road Log for Field Trip to San Emidio Desert, Gerlach, Fly Ranch Geyser and Orient Farms, by Dennis T. Trexler and Michael B. Stewart, High Rock Holding LLC.) Photographer: Jon Price 4 June 2003
Bradys Hot Springs well blowout, circa 1980, photo by Frank Yeamans
Hyder Hot Springs - Dixie Valley, NV, circa early 1980s, photo by Frank Yeamans
