Yellowstone eruption fears as Steamboat geyser starts to BLOW underground near volcano
YELLOWSTONE could be erupting from underground after experts recorded signs of activity from a powerful geyser in the national park which is home to a terrifying super volcano.
By JOHN THALASSITES
Express.co.uk
Sun, Mar 18, 2018
Experts at Yellowstone National Park claim to have seen the Steamboat Geyser erupt on Thursday night.
The park service made the announcement about the world’s tallest active geyser on Friday, as geologists compared the accounts to thermal sensors in the area.
It was determined that it “could be a series of minor eruptions”.
The geyser can shoot water more than 300 feet during significant eruptions.
A New Zealand geyser has sent water higher still, albeit not for more than 100 years.
The activity will have sent fears among volcano watchers who worry for the supervolcano, located about 15 miles south of the geyser, is due to erupt.
Yellowstone National Park has more than 10,000 thermal features, sitting atop the world’s largest volcano.
It can send 2,000 times more matter into the sky than the Mount St Helens eruption.
A series of earthquakes have been rumbling underground over the past few months, with as many as 200 recorded in a matter of days.
The volcano is “under strain” according to some experts.
But researchers said steamboat eruptions had little connection to a volcano like Yellowstone.
Jacob Lowenstern, former scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, told the Casper Star and Tribune: “Their plumbing systems are in the upper few hundred feet of the Earth.
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