El Tatio Geyser Field is located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,200 meters above mean sea level. With over 80 active geysers--all quite small--El Tatio possesses the third-most geysers of any location in the world, following Yellowstone, USA, and Dolina Giezerov, Russia.

Although the geysers' eruptions seldom reach more than one meter, the activity is vigorous. The combination of geysers, mud pots, colorful pools, terraces, and a setting among steaming, active volcanoes, makes El Tatio an extraordinary place.

I have taken my geyser inventory data, a number of photographs, along with several videos, and integrated them with Google Earth. By organizing my notes in such a form, I hope to learn more about the field myself^*--I invite you to visit and explore too!

Regards,
Alan Glennon

PS- The world geyser map is in development. You can sneak a peak, here, but it's not finished.

Instructions:

Step One: Start Google Earth. If you don't have a copy, download it here.

Step Two:Open this file: http://turnhole.com/chile.kmz

Step Three: The geyser database should now be visible on the Places menu on the left side. The data are organized in various folders. Start exploring. A good place to start is under the Views Folder. Double Click on one of its Placemarks. You'll find a collection of georeferenced images and videos.

Step Four: Explore.

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The database, photographs, overlay maps, video, text, and associated kml are copyright Alan Glennon 2002-2007. The software, satellite imagery, etc., belongs to Google and its partners.

Some materials presented are based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0416208. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation

Contact: Alan Glennon, glennon(at)umail(dot)ucsb(dot)edu
last update: June 4, 2007