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How big is the Grand Prismatic Spring?

The Grand Prismatic Spring is about 110 m (361 ft) across.

What is measured: diameter at its widest point

Grand Prismatic Spring (110 m) drawn to scale beside the Statue of Liberty (93 m) and the Eiffel Tower (330 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Statue of Liberty (93 m), Grand Prismatic Spring (110 m) and Eiffel Tower (330 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the length of a football (soccer) pitch
  • About 1.2× the height of the Statue of Liberty
  • About 2.2× the length of an Olympic swimming pool
  • About 33% of the height of the Eiffel Tower
  • About 4.6× the length of a tennis court

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Facts about Grand Prismatic Spring

Grand Prismatic Spring gets its vivid rings of color from heat-loving microbes living at different temperatures.

Source: National Park Service — Grand Prismatic Spring; USGS — Yellowstone’s Hydrothermal Features

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Grand Prismatic Spring
General Sherman Tree84.8 m (278 ft)0.77×
Rainbow Bridge88 m (289 ft)0.8×
Giant sequoia tree95 m (312 ft)0.86×
Dettifoss100 m (328 ft)0.91×
Kalandula Falls105 m (344 ft)0.95×
Grand Prismatic Spring110 m (361 ft)this page
Dune du Pilat110 m (361 ft)same size
Hyperion116 m (380 ft)1.1×
Waimoku Falls122 m (400 ft)1.1×
Rhine Falls150 m (492 ft)1.4×

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Which is bigger: Grand Prismatic Spring or Rainbow Bridge?

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