Geysers
An unusually large geyser explosion has destroyed a boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park officials say around 10:00AM MST on Tuesday morning, a small hydrothermal explosion occurred in the Biscuit Basin thermal area, about two miles from of Old Faithful. Numerous videos of the event were recorded by visitors. The explosion appears to have…
Even though it’s named Old Faithful, the frequency of the famous geyser’s eruptions have actually varied quite a bit over centuries. 800 years ago, Old Faithful went quiet long enough to allow some tree growth near the geyser itself. This phenomenon implored researchers to try and figure out why this was. After carefully analyzing some…
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