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  In Remote Yellowstone Wilderness, There’s Still A Working Pay Phone

Hypoliths: Life thriving under the beach-white sinters of Yellowstone's hydrothermal areas While most attention is given to the hot springs, geysers, fumaroles, and mud pots in Yellowstone’s hydrothermal areas, there are lessons just beneath the surface about how life might have taken shape on Earth billions of years ago. Yellowstone  Caldera  Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Dr. Jeff Havig and Professor Trinity Hamilton, researchers in Plant and Microbial Biology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota. A s one walks along the boardwalks in one of the many hydrothermal areas in Yellowstone National Park, there is a feast for the senses—the rotten egg smell of hydrogen sulfide, the blasting spray of geysers, the bubbling and boiling water in hot springs, the hiss of gas escaping fumaroles, the low thumping of mud pots, and the dazzlingly brig

  Man Sentenced To Jail For Walking on Yellowstone Thermal; Woman Avoids Jail Time

  The Changing Moods of Colloidal Pool in Norris Geyser Basin By Lauren Harrison, PhD , USGS Release Date: November 15, 2021   Many of Yellowstone’s hot springs, geysers, mud pots, and fumaroles look different depending on the season, year, or sometimes even the day one visits. Colloidal Pool, in Norris Geyser Basin, is an interesting example of a feature that changed over the course of summer 2021. Yellowstone  Caldera   Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Lauren Harrison, postdoctoral researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey.   Comparison of (a) 1904 Historical map with (b)  1988 USGS map . Colloidal Pool is a large, labeled pool roughly located on a straight line between Hurricane vent and Whirligig Geyser on the 1988 map (b); this same transect on the 1904 map (a) shows no feature at that location (white circle). Note: maps are not at th

  Yellowstone Volcano's Norris Geyser Basin Has Risen

  News Release Connecticut woman sentenced for walking on thermal area in Yellowstone National Park People exploring the sights in Norris Geyser Basin NPS / Jacob W. Frank News Release Date: August 25, 2021 Contact: Mark Trimble, United States Attorney Spokesman , 307-772-2124 Acting United States Attorney Bob Murray announced today that  MADELINE S. CASEY , age 26 of New Hartford, Connecticut was sentenced to seven days in jail for walking on thermal ground at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. In addition, she was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, $40 in fees and a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Resource Fund. Casey appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Mark L. Carman in Mammoth Hot Springs, Wyoming on August 18, 2021, for sentencing. Casey was with two other people as they made their way up to a thermal pool and geyser at Norris Geyser Basin. She and one other person got off the boardwalk and w

  A goldendoodle was lost in Yellowstone for 16 days — then came ‘a very happy ending’   see also Facebook Post Read more here: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article252675438.html#storylink=cpy

Pet dog still loose in Yellowstone, owner calls in 'rescuers'

Pet dog on the loose and scared in Yellowstone National Park

  The day that Porkchop Geyser exploded Release Date: June 28, 2021 Small hydrothermal explosions—steam blasts—are common at Yellowstone, occurring every year or two.  Most happen in the backcountry and are not observed by people.  In 1989, however, Porkchop Geyser blew up right in front of several observers on an otherwise sunny September afternoon. Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Michael Poland, geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Scientist-in-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. Porkchop Geyser erupting in August 1989. (Credit: Jim Peaco, National Park Service. Public domain.) Norris Geyser Basin is one of the most unique parts of Yellowstone National Park.  The basin hosts both acidic and neutral hot springs —a somewhat unusual combination—is the location of some