A “very powerful geyser eruption” in the Biscuit Basin thermal area of Yellowstone National Park has resulted in a closure to the site, located only minutes from Old Faithful Geyser. Yellowstone officials investigate the damage along the Biscuit Basin boardwalk on July 23 following a hydrothermal explosion. Yellowstone National Park “This is an unappreciated hazard” in Yellowstone that has nothing to do with magma from the Yellowstone volcano, according to Michael Poland, scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO).
The YVO provides long-term monitoring of volcanic and earthquake activity in the Yellowstone region. “Today’s explosion does not reflect activity within the volcanic system, which remains at normal background levels of activity,” the Park Service noted in a press release. “Hydrothermal explosions like that of today are not a sign of impending volcanic eruptions, and they are not caused by magma rising towards the surface.
” Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park temporarily closed due to hydrothermal explosion. Yellowstone National Park A video posted on Facebook by Los Angeles resident Vlada March and others showed the eruption occurring around 10 a.m.
on July 23, blasting black material an estimated 90 feet into the sky as tourists in the foreground at first watch in amazement before fleeing down a boardwalk in fear. A large plume of steam then appears to rise even higher and spread across the Upper Geyser Basin. A separ.