Yellowstone's Biscuit Basin Explodes!

[WasatchWill]

This happened today...

WATCH: Biscuit Basin closed in Yellowstone National Park after massive explosion - East Idaho News

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Biscuit Basin at Yellowstone National Park is temporarily closed following a massive explosion that was caught on camera Tuesday morning. The “localized hydrothermal explosion” occurred near Sapphire Pool around 10:20 a.m., according to a news release from the park...

www.eastidahonews.com

 

[WasatchWill]

No signs of any other imminent apocalyptic events happening in the park....

yet....

Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park temporarily closed due to hydrothermal explosion - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

 

[regehr]

nice to get a reminder that these things aren't always tame tourist attractions! and great nobody was hurt!!!

 

[OldBill]

Just saw it on my FB feed. Very lucky no one got injured.

 

[WasatchWill]

nice to get a reminder that these things aren't always tame tourist attractions! and great nobody was hurt!!!

Just saw it on my FB feed. Very lucky no one got injured.

Indeed! Very, very fortunate nobody was injured. Considering that it's peak tourist season. Maybe it was a little less crowded in the morning than it otherwise could have been in the afternoon, but 10:20 in the morning is still late enough to have a good crowd. Pretty miraculous when you see how much rock and debris and damage was sustained by the boardwalk as shown in the NPS pic here:

 

[Rockskipper]

Shaun willsey has an interesting video about it on YouTube.

 

[LarryBoy]

Yellowstone ate one too many biscuits. Probably could've used some Pepto Bismol.

 

[Bob]

Looked pretty cool when we drove by it, about 2 football field in size blown up....

 

[Rockskipper]

Burnt biscuit.