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Video of small hydrothermal explosion at Biscuit Basin on June 13, 2026

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Detailed Description

Video from a research and monitoring camera located at Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park, recorded between 05:09:45 and 05:10:15 a.m. MDT on June 13, 2026.  Black Diamond Pool, site of a hydrothermal explosion on July 23, 2024, is steaming in the foreground.  At about 05:09:50 a.m. MDT, a dark steam plume begins to jet from the ground in the upper right.  This marks the occurrence of a small hydrothermal explosion a few tens of meters (yards) to the north of Black Diamond Pool.

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00:00:30

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Public Domain.

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