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Photo of the Day #705: Old Faithful

By laelaps on September 17, 2009.

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Old Faithful, photographed at Yellowstone National Park.


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Oh yes, I've been to Yellowstone. It's great. I remember there was a sign or brochure or something like that which said that some native Americans worshiped the god of Old Faithful as he must be such a consistent god.

It would have been interesting to live back then, without science, to see how differently I would have viewed the world.