The unrest may be due to slight changes in pressure or in the amount of water seeping into the underground reservoir system.
A newly formed thermal feature has violently erupted into life in Yellowstone National Park, forcing park rangers to close off a section nearby after it showered the boardwalk with a blistering mixture of water, soil and sinter — mineral deposits that are precipitated from hot springs.
"The activity seems to have started on May 24," Michael Poland, a research geophysicist and scientist-in-charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, told Live Science in an email."These hydrothermal systems are incredibly dynamic — the one constant is change." Yellowstone is home to the world's largest and most densely packed collection of thermal features, with more than 10,000 geysers, hot springs, mud pots and steam vents spewing water, mud and gas. As such, the recent activity is nothing unusual, and Geyser Hill will probably return to its previous state, Poland said. The new feature could remain intermittently active, in which case park rangers may have to reroute the boardwalk.
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