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Distribution of hydrothermal features in Yellowstone as a function of their pH

Distribution of hydrothermal features in Yellowstone as a function of their pH
Photography
barren chalky ground with a milky-blue pool in the middle and a small hill with scrub vegetation in the background

New hydrothermal feature near "Tree Island" in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
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map with shaded relief in grayscale, and water (ponds, streams, and springs) in blue

Shaded relief map of Norris Geyser Basin indicating new hydrothermal feature near "Tree Island"
Photography
Steam vent in barren ground. Light white silica coating dusts the surroundings. Forested area in the background

Closeup view of hydrothermal feature that formed near Nymph Lake, Yellowstone National Park, in August 2024
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animated gif of satellite images showing development of a small hydrothermal pool between October 2024 and February 2025

Animated GIF of the development of a new hydrothermal feature during late 2024 to early 2024, Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Data Release
Collage of images of an earthquake, scientists in flood with instruments, a volcano erupting, and seismic illustration.

Overflight thermal imagery of the eruption of the north crater of Mount Young, Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska, 2021

Podcasts
A background photo of a pool of water with a natural fountain in an area surrounded by evergreens, plus two men's mugshots

Eyes on Earth Episode 137 – Landsat Takes Yellowstone’s Temperature
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Favorability mapping for hydrothermal power resource assessments of the Great Basin, USA

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Geochemistry and fluxes of gases from hydrothermal features at Newberry Volcano, Oregon, USA

Featured Films and Shorts
Thumbnail image of a man gesturing towards trees in the background

Emergency fix at a Yellowstone monitoring site (Yellowstone Monthly Update October 2025)
Center News
Black gloved hand holding rock sample coated in green algae-like bacteria

Some like it hot! Studying thermophiles in Yellowstone National Park

Center News
Hundreds of hats laid out for display with a truck in the background providing a sense of scale

Hydrothermal hats and visitor safety: Walking in the boots of the Yellowstone National Park Geology Team

Featured Films and Shorts
Underwater smokers in Yellowstone?

Underwater Smokers in Yellowstone? (Yellowstone Monthly Update - Feb 2025)
Center News
Castle Geyser in the Upper Geyser Basin, a particularly good exampl...

The diverse chemistry of Yellowstone's hydrothermal features

Photography
Marsh in foreground, tree-covered hill in background with a steam vent at it's base, all under blue sky

new thermal feature that formed in 2024 near Nymph Lake, Yellowstone National Park
Center News
Hayden Geological Survey camp along Yellowstone Lake in 1871...

Yellowstone National Park—specialists in monitoring and preserving hydrothermal features

Research
Steamboat Geyser in eruption Norris Geyser Basin, 1964. National Pa...

Hydrothermal Monitoring in Yellowstone National Park

Center News
Distribution of hydrothermal features in Yellowstone as a function of their pH

What’s life got to do with it? How geobiological feedbacks make some Yellowstone pools acidic

Center News
A sweeping view looks out over a clear blue hot spring and a creek bordered by bright green grass. In the background, rocky cliffs are scattered with sagebrush and pine trees. In the distance, bare, pointed mountains rise high into the air. The spring in the foreground is bordered by bleached white soil and steam rises from its surface.

Bubble trouble? Tracking changing hydrothermal features in Long Valley's Hot Creek

Featured Films and Shorts
aerial view of Old Faithful erupting with new thermal features at yellowstone overlayed

Yellowstone Volcano Update — July 2023 — NEW THERMAL FEATURES at Yellowstone!
Photography
Green circular pool surrounded by barren ground and then trees beyond under a mostly cloudy sky

Hydrothermal explosion crater that has existed since at least 1954 located just southwest of The Gap in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park
Center News
Aerial view of Black Opal Pool, Black Diamond Pool, and part of Wall Pool, all in Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park, taken in 1959

Digging into the history of hydrothermal explosions at Biscuit Basin

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Separating signals in elevation data improves supervised machine learning predictions for hydrothermal favorability

Center News
Imperial Geyser with colorful water. Yellowstone

Yellowstone thermal features, from Apollinaris to Zomar

Photography
Satellite, airborne, and ground-based images of an unnamed thermal feature in the Three River Junction thermal area in southwest Yellowstone National Park

Images of an unnamed thermal feature in the Three River Junction thermal area in southwest Yellowstone National Park
Photography
Aerial view of Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park, showing debris deposited by the July 23, 2024, hydrothermal explosion from Black Diamond Pool

Aerial view of Biscuit Basin, Yellowstone National Park, showing debris deposited by the July 23, 2024, hydrothermal explosion from Black Diamond Pool
Charts or Graphs
Map of Geyser Hill, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, with selected thermal features

Map of Geyser Hill, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, with selected thermal features
Center News
Imperial Geyser, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park

How Yellowstone thermal features get their names

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Predicting large hydrothermal systems

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Cyclic development of igneous features and their relationship to high-temperature hydrothermal features in the Henderson porphyry molybdenum deposit, Colorado

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