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Shortly before 10 a.m. on July 23, 2024, a violent hydrothermal blast ripped through Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone, hurling mud and steam into a towering plume estimated at 400 to 600 feet high. The ...

Ever since that time, dirty eruptions reaching up to 30 to 40 feet in height have occurred sporadically from the pool. Biscuit Basin has been closed to visitors due to the damage and the potential for ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has documented what it calls the largest eruption at Yellowstone’s Black Diamond Pool since a destructive 2024 hydrothermal explosion. A monitoring webcam captured the late ...