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What’s behind the magnificent clear blue of Sapphire Pool in Biscuit Basin?  Or those gorgeous milky blues in the namesake features of Norris Geyser...

How can a landscape of vividly colored hot springs and erupting geysers be conveyed when it defies imagination? As part of Ferdinand Hayden’s 1871...

Recent studies are changing the way geologists think about the Lava Creek Tuff—the deposit that was created during the formation of Yellowstone...

There are lots of earthquakes in the Yellowstone region. How do scientists know if they are volcanic events, driven by magma, or tectonic events...

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night keeps the engineers who service Yellowstone’s monitoring networks from reaching stations in every...

With new thermal features popping up frequently and old ones experiencing periods of activity and quiescence, have you ever wondered how Yellowstone...

In early September, monitoring capabilities in Yellowstone received a significant boost with the renewal of the Yellowstone Lake camera and the...

Recent collaborative research into past climate of Yellowstone’s Lower Geyser Basin has revealed some surprises about how the area has changed over...

Hold onto your hats and sunglasses—and your trash! Yellowstone National Park’s Geology team collects anything lost or left behind by visitors in the...

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is not only responsible for monitoring and studying Yellowstone, but also volcanic systems throughout southwestern...