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Lone Star Geyser (Yellowstone Monthly Update - April 2026)

What do Yellowstone National Park and your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate have in common?  LONE STAR!!!!!

Lone Star is not just an iconic movie hero of the 1980s (and also next year!). It’s an iconic Yellowstone geyser as well!

What do Yellowstone National Park and your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate have in common?  LONE STAR!!!!!

Lone Star is not just an iconic movie hero of the 1980s (and also next year!). It’s an iconic Yellowstone geyser as well!

An aerial image of a crater field An aerial image of a crater field
USGS Astrogeology Making Craters - Mare Tranquillitatis in Flagstaff Arizona
USGS Astrogeology Making Craters - Mare Tranquillitatis in Flagstaff Arizona

The moon's Mare Tranquillitatis is an ancient plain of volcanic rock pocked with craters and coated with fine dust. In the 1960s, engineers and scientists in the U.S.

Guess the Zoomed-in Landsat Satellite Image!

Can you guess the locations of these mystery Landsat images?

Landsat satellites capture images of the Earth’s surface and help scientists study resource management, investigate land surface change, and support disaster response.

Can you guess the locations of these mystery Landsat images?

Landsat satellites capture images of the Earth’s surface and help scientists study resource management, investigate land surface change, and support disaster response.

Man gesturing in front of a barren landscape with title "The New Norris Hot Spring" Man gesturing in front of a barren landscape with title "The New Norris Hot Spring"
The New Norris Hot Spring (Yellowstone Monthly Update - March 2026)
The New Norris Hot Spring (Yellowstone Monthly Update - March 2026)

KABOOM! That’s what Yellowstone is famous for – huge explosive volcanic eruptions. There’s really nothing brewing right now, the magma chamber is mostly solid, but there have been quite a few hydrothermal eruptions and small explosions in both Biscuit Basin and Norris Geyser Basin as water in the hydrothermal system flashes to steam.

KABOOM! That’s what Yellowstone is famous for – huge explosive volcanic eruptions. There’s really nothing brewing right now, the magma chamber is mostly solid, but there have been quite a few hydrothermal eruptions and small explosions in both Biscuit Basin and Norris Geyser Basin as water in the hydrothermal system flashes to steam.

Color photograph of tephra fall on a leaf
January 25, 2026 — Pele's hair and ash on a ginger leaf in Volcano after Kīlauea episode 41
January 25, 2026 — Pele's hair and ash on a ginger leaf in Volcano after Kīlauea episode 41
January 25, 2026 — Pele's hair and ash on a ginger leaf in Volcano after Kīlauea episode 41

Photo of broken pieces of reticulite, fine ash, and Pele's hair on a ginger leaf in the Volcano area, following episode 41 of lava fountaining on January 24, 2026. This photo was taken at a residence about 7.3 km (4.5 miles) away from the eruptive vents in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea.

Photo of broken pieces of reticulite, fine ash, and Pele's hair on a ginger leaf in the Volcano area, following episode 41 of lava fountaining on January 24, 2026. This photo was taken at a residence about 7.3 km (4.5 miles) away from the eruptive vents in Halemaʻumaʻu at the summit of Kīlauea.

Visualizing Land Cover with MRLC Tools

This video is a recording of a previous webinar entitled: “Visualizing Land Cover with MRLC Tools”. This webinar was recorded on January 20, 2026. 

This video is a recording of a previous webinar entitled: “Visualizing Land Cover with MRLC Tools”. This webinar was recorded on January 20, 2026. 

Thumbnail image of a man speaking in front of a photo of a colorful hot spring Thumbnail image of a man speaking in front of a photo of a colorful hot spring
Top 5 Yellowstone geological stories of 2025 (Yellowstone monthly update - January 2026)
Top 5 Yellowstone geological stories of 2025 (Yellowstone monthly update - January 2026)

Happy New Year! Let's go back and take a look at the top five geologic stories for Yellowstone in 2025.

Number five: Rumors. It was a year of internet rumors, mostly related to animals fleeing the park, and none of which were true.

Thumbnail image of a man with his arms in the air in a meadow with cliffs in the background Thumbnail image of a man with his arms in the air in a meadow with cliffs in the background
Lava flows in Yellowstone! (Yellowstone Monthly Update September 2025)
Lava flows in Yellowstone! (Yellowstone Monthly Update September 2025)

Picture a Yellowstone eruption. What comes to mind? It’s a huge explosion, right? Like the one that formed the caldera about 631,000 years ago. But the most common form of eruption in Yellowstone isn’t a huge explosion, it’s a lava flow.

Picture a Yellowstone eruption. What comes to mind? It’s a huge explosion, right? Like the one that formed the caldera about 631,000 years ago. But the most common form of eruption in Yellowstone isn’t a huge explosion, it’s a lava flow.

Thumbnail showing man in orange vest in front of a steaming geyser basin Thumbnail showing man in orange vest in front of a steaming geyser basin
A year since the Biscuit explosion… are animals leaving the park? (Yellowstone Monthly Update August 2025)
A year since the Biscuit explosion… are animals leaving the park? (Yellowstone Monthly Update August 2025)

Just over one year ago, early morning visitors to Yellowstone’s Black Diamond Pool suddenly found themselves filming a spectacular event. The July 23, 2024 hydrothermal explosion threw material hundreds of feet high, including rocks that were a foot or more across.

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