Posted on 10/04/2018 9:43:52 AM PDT by ETL
A Yellowstone geyser made its largest eruption in about 60 years last month when it shot water about 30 feet into the air, the U.S. Geological Survey said last week.
The eruption, which occurred on Sept. 15, was the largest since 1957. Officials said aside from water the geyser also spewed years of trash buildup that had been left in the hot spring, the Yellowstone National Park wrote in a Facebook post.
“After Ear Spring erupted on September 15, employees found a strange assortment of items strewn across the landscape around its vent! Some are clearly historic: they'll be inventoried by curators and may end up in Yellowstone's archives,” the Facebook post read.
Park officials also warned visitors that leaving trash to fall into the spring could damage the geyser.
“Foreign objects can damage hot springs and geysers. The next time Ear Spring erupts we hope it's nothing but natural rocks and water. You can help by never throwing anything into Yellowstone's thermal features!”
Photos posted on the park’s Facebook page showed several coins, a pacifier and a cement block, among other items, the Miami Herald reported.
The eruption led to fears of volcanic activity below the geyser. However, the agency said there was no “signs of impending volcanic activity.”
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Considering the caustic nature of geysers, it is impressive that anything survived that long.
I’m not some eco freak, but come on, people!
Show a little class.
Any teeth come out that hole?
What kind of idiot throws crap into a geyser?
Next to the pacifier - I see Hillary’s email server hard drive!
“What kind of idiot throws crap into a geyser?”
We have a hot spring on the ranch and I’ve taken stained white fabrics, tossed them in for five minutes or so and then pulled them out nice and clean.
Just saying that these things have their practical uses.
I’d be interested in seeing a close-up of the coins.
Vengeance, long overdue, is nigh.
Trashy people bring cinderblocks on their vacation.
To think a Starbucks cup could end the world.
Including that bowl of candy.
I work on a campus and we have a trash bin ever two steps... but the ‘earth first’, Liberal idiots here, still litter everywhere.
Oh look, some snowflake lost their binky.
The same kind of idiot that takes selfies with a beached baby dolphin until it dies.
Curious if this could indicate an underground river feeding water, and debris to a pool the volcanic activity heats to the point of eruption.
Enough of a current could move even the concrete block. In other words it might not be debris from the vicinity of the geyser itself, but from even a landfill many miles away. I can’t understand the concept of anyone taking a concrete block to a geyser.
Somebody tossed in their beer bong.
Nice.
The same idiots who step off the boardwalk and walk across the crust to “get up close”.
The same idiots who get out of their car and harass animals in the park.
Yellowstone is full of natural wonder and idiots from around the world.
Did you name your geyser Maytag?
[Park officials also warned visitors that leaving trash to fall into the spring could damage the geyser.]
DON’T BREAK THE GEYSER, DAMMIT!!
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