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This is the "West Thumb Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (8/21/2004) This is the "Fishing Cone" geyser at the "West Thumb Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The average temperature of the geyser's water is 199°F. Years ago, mountain men told of a geyser "on the shore of a high alpine lake where one could catch a trout, swing the pole around, dip it into the boiling pool, and cook the fish without taking it off the line." (8/21/2004)