This is an aerial view of Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park showing debris deposited by the July 23, 2024, hydrothermal explosion from Black Diamond Pool. Major features are labeled.

Since May 14, 2025, Yellowstone Volcano Observatory scientists have remotely monitored activity in Biscuit Basin using a ...

Biscuit Basin at Yellowstone National Park was shut down on Tuesday morning, July 23, after a hydrothermal explosion sent debris flying and destroyed the nearby boardwalk.

'Since the July 23, 2024, explosion, Biscuit Basin has been closed to public visitation as Yellowstone National Park assesses damage and the potential for future hazardous events,' a released ...

This frame capture of a video from a webcam shows a small eruption emanating from Black Diamond Pool in Biscuit Basin, a subbasin of Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park, on May 31, 2025.

In July 2024, a much larger blast at the pool sent debris flying hundreds of feet into the air and damaged a boardwalk used by visitors to the national park. Biscuit Basin was closed for the ...

A small eruption occurred at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on Saturday, and a newly installed webcam captured it.The webcam was set up just weeks before the eruption to monitor activity at the ...

Yellowstone National Park closed Biscuit Basin following the event, which sent terrified tourists running but didn’t injure anyone. The area remains closed.

A hole that formed in Yellowstone's Biscuit Basin, near Old Faithful, in July 2024 was also attributed to a hydrothermal explosion, according to the National Park Service.

This is an aerial view of Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park showing debris deposited by the July 23, 2024, hydrothermal explosion from Black Diamond Pool. Major features are labeled.