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Visitors were left running for safety at Yellowstone National Park after a hydrothermal explosion sent rock and steam spewing into the air north of the Old Faithful geyser Tuesday, park officials ...
Though it didn't register on a sensitive seismometer at Old Faithful a couple miles (3.2 kilometers) away, he estimated the recent explosion was 10 times bigger.
The Biscuit Basin area of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is closed following a hydrothermal explosion Tuesday morning, park officials said in a news release and post on X.. Biscuit Basin ...
Name origin: Named by Henry D. Washburn September 18, 1870; 154 years ago (): Location: Upper Geyser Basin Yellowstone National Park Teton County, Wyoming, U.S.: Coordinates: 1]: Elevation: 7,349 ft (2,240 m) [2]: Type: Cone geyser: Eruption height: 106 to 185 ft (32 to 56 m): Frequency: 60 to 90 minutes: Duration: 1½ to 5 minutes: Discharge: 3,700–8,400 US gal (14,000–32,000 L): Old ...
On occasion they get much bigger: The largest known crater from a hydrothermal explosion on Earth is in Yellowstone and measures 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) across, Poland said.
Name origin: Named during 1871 Hayden Geological Survey: Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Teton County, Wyoming Coordinates "Grand Geyser". Yellowstone Geothermal Features Database. Montana State University.: Elevation: 7,329 feet (2,234 m) [1]: Type: Fountain geyser: Eruption height: 200 feet (61 m): Frequency: 6 to 7 hours: Duration: 9 to 12 minutes: Southern section ...
Aurum Geyser is a geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States, on Geyser Hill. Aurum can, at times, be very predictable. Other times it can be very erratic. Observations have led to the theory that Aurum's activity is linked to the meadow behind the geyser.
Indian Pond, a 3,000 year old, 350–430 metres (1,150–1,410 ft) diameter hydrothermal explosion crater in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park is a thermally active area with an extensive system of hot springs, fumaroles, geysers, and mudpots.