[Rockhounds] Yellowstone blast sends visitors fleeing for cover

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Visitors were forced to flee as a huge hydrothermal explosion shot steam
and debris into the air at Yellowstone National Park

Videos show dozens of people running as a large column of grey mud shoots
from the ground, sending rocks and boiling water high into the air around
Biscuit Basin.

The National Parks Service reported no injuries but said the nearby
boardwalk and benches were damaged in the blast on Tuesday.

The service closed the area, a few miles from the Old Faithful geyser.

A US Geological Survey photograph shows a huge grey area of debris thrown
out by the eruption.


https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz9x25gl4pno


The video, taken by Vlada March, quickly went viral on Facebook, garnering
over 13,000 likes.


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