A rare video captured a mud eruption at Yellowstone National Park's Black Diamond Pool on Saturday morning. The event, which occurred in the Biscuit Basin, is part of ongoing hydrothermal activity in the area and highlights the park's diverse geothermal features. The basin has been closed to visitors due to damage and safety concerns.
A muddy eruption took place in Yellowstone National Park Saturday morning at Black Diamond Pool. The occurrence was captured on rare video. Video shared by the USGS on social media shows mud spraying up and out from the pool just before 9:23 a.
m. in Biscuit Basin about midway between park favorites Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic.Other recent eruptions have mostly been audible and not visible, because they happened either at night or when the camera was obscured by ice."We got a nice clear view of one of these dirty eruptions under bright blue skies with the surroundings covered in snow ," USGS Volcanoes said on social media, noting that it was a great example of the kind of activity that has been happening at the spot over the past 19 months.The same pool was also the site of a hydrothermal explosion in July 2024 that damaged a boardwalk and sent rocks and mud flying. Since then eruptions reaching up to 40 feet have occurred sporadically, and the basin has been closed to visitors due to the damage and the potential for hazardous activity. The webcam that captured the newest explosion was installed back in May to assist in monitoring.Park officials say Yellowstone preserves the most extraordinary collection of hot springs, geysers, mud pots and fumaroles on Earth. More than 10,000 hydrothermal features are found within the park, over 500 of them geysers.
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