When Yellowstone National Park staff arrived to work on Saturday, June 13, they noticed something odd: the Firehole River ...
The location of the new pool. (USGS/Public Domain) A churning pool of water has opened up in Yellowstone National Park – just ...
Just after 5:09 a.m., on Saturday, June 13, monitoring equipment in Biscuit Basin registered anomalous activity, including ...
Officials reported a hydrothermal explosion at Yellowstone’s Biscuit Basin, forming new vents and a boiling pool with no injuries.
By June 18, it was producing intermittent spouts that were 20 to 30 feet high.
According to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, hydrothermal explosions are “violent and dramatic events resulting in the rapid ejection of boiling water, steam, mud, and rock fragments.” These ...
When Yellowstone National Park staff arrived to work on Saturday, June 13, they noticed something odd: the Firehole River flowing from Biscuit Basin was filled with “a light‑grey, milky plume.” Upon ...