Today's Horrifying US Panic: New Yellowstone Eruption Spits Boiling Water 400 Meters into the Sky

Geologists have revealed new details about a recent geyser eruption at Yellowstone National Park, including the shallow depth of the explosion and staggering height of its plume. A geyser that erupted last week in Yellowstone National Park fired water and rock debris up to 600 feet (180 meters) into the air, scientists say — six times higher than was initially reported. Geologists at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) estimated the height of the plume by examining photos posted on social media. They also pinpointed the site and depth of the eruption, which occurred July 23 at Black Diamond Pool in Biscuit Basin, about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) northwest of the famous Old Faithful geyser.

Although most of the thermal areas in Yellowstone are found within or along the boundaries of the Yellowstone Caldera, Roaring Mountain is located outside and north of the caldera along an important northward trend that is tectonically and thermally active. The area between the Norris Geyser Basin and Mammoth Hot Springs, informally called the Norris-Mammoth Corridor, hosts abundant thermal and tectonic activity and is an area of ​​fluid transport, allowing water heated by the Yellowstone magmatic system to migrate out of the caldera to the north. The corridor is defined by a series of large, active faults that provide pathways for these fluids, which feed hot spring activity that extends far north of the park, for example, to Chico Hot Springs in Paradise Valley, Montana.

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