[Geysers] Disturbing Great Fountain photo used in Janus Funds Marketing Newsletter

[Tara Cross]

Michael is correct. This is a photo of Strokkur in Iceland, not Great Fountain.
--Tara Crossfanandmortar at hotmailcom

> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 20:18:47 -0400
> From: goldbeml at ucmail.uc.edu
> To: geysers at lists.wallawalla.edu
> Subject: Re: [Geysers] Disturbing Great Fountain photo used in Janus Funds Marketing Newsletter
> 
> The formation looks pretty dry for Great Fountain mid-eruption.
> 
> Maybe it's a photo of Strokkur?  I don't know the local rules for where 
> visitors can walk there.
> 
> Michael Goldberg
> Michael.Goldberg at uc.edu
> 
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2015, Dave Whinery wrote:
> 
> > The cover of the Spring 2015 Janus Report (the investment newsletter for
> > Janus Funds) features a picture of several people standing on the formation
> > of Great Fountain geyser during an eruption.  A wider version of the same
> > picture appears on the electronic newsletter on their website.  I have
> > attached a copy of the picture from their website.
> >
> > To see this picture used in marketing material really upset me.  I have
> > registered a compliant via email with Janus, explaining to them that the
> > picture shows individuals involved in illegal, irresponsible, and dangerous
> > activity and asking them to remove it from their website.  As of yet, I
> > have not received any response.
> >
> > If anyone else would like to contact them regarding their use of this
> > picture, the Contact Us link on their website is:
> >
> > https://ww3.janus.com/Janus/Retail/ContactJanus
> >
> > Dave Whinery
> >
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