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The eruption of the \u201cGeysir\u201d with its up to 12-metre-high water fountain also seems random, but is in fact carefully calculated: Whenever 64 hours of sunshine have been collected and the wind and temperature are right, a four-hour eruption phase occurs, which is announced on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monheim.de\/freizeit-tourismus\/geysir\">website of the city of Monheim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During this eruption phase, a mobile traffic light system regulates the traffic around the geyser in order to prevent any danger to road users. This paradoxical situation intended by the artist was enough to cause a storm of outrage preceding the installation in a country where smooth automobile traffic enjoys top priority but which nonetheless registers several hundred kilometres of traffic jams every day. 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