Watch: Tuesday morning at around 10 a.m. local time, a hydrothermal explosion happened inside Yellowstone National Park. It sent

Watch: Tuesday morning at around 10 a.m. local time, a hydrothermal explosion happened inside Yellowstone National Park. It sent rocks and debris flying, damaging a pedestrian boardwalk and forcing the closure of the area. Footage captures a pillar of dirt and debris shooting upward near Sapphire Pool within the basin, sending the debris onto the boardwalk and park visitors below. According to the USGS, the Biscuit Basin parking lot and boardwalks are now temporarily closed for visitor safety. They noted that geologists are investigating the event. Hydrothermal explosions occur when water suddenly flashes to steam underground, and they are relatively common in Yellowstone, USGS officials said. “It’s sort of an underappreciated hazard in the Yellowstone region,“ said Michael Poland, scientist-in-charge with the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory and geophysicist with the :// Source: Wartime Media - Ukraine / Russia / China / Etc