Dragon's Mouth Spring, Mud Volcano Area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America
The terms mud volcano or mud dome are used to refer to formations created by geo-exuded slurries (usually including water) and gases. There are several different geological processes which may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true (igneous) volcanoes as they produce no lava. Any point at which over time, the earth continuously exudes a mud-like substance, may sometimes be referred to as a mud volcano. Mud volcanoes may range in size from merely 1 or 2 meters high and 1 or 2 meters wide, to 700 meters high and 10 kilometers wide. Smaller mud exudations are sometimes referred to as mud-pots. The largest mud volcano structure, Indonesia's Lusi, is 10 kilometres (6 mi) in diameter and reaches 700 metres (2,300 ft) in height. The mud produced by mud volcanoes is most typically formed as hot water, which has been heated deep below the earth's surface, begins to mix and blend with various subterranean mineral deposits, thus creating the mud slurry exudate. This material is then forced upwards through a geological fault or fissure due to certain local subterranean pressure imbalances. Mud volcanoes are associated with subduction zones and about 1100 have been identified on or near land. The temperature of any given active mud volcano generally remains fairly steady and is much lower than the typical temperatures found within igneous volcanoes. Mud volcano temperatures can range from near 100 °C (212 °F) to occasionally 2 °C (36 °F), some being used by tourists as popular mud-baths. About 86% of the gas released from these structures is methane, with much less carbon dioxide and nitrogen emitted. Ejected materials are often a slurry of fine solids suspended in liquids which may include water, which is frequently acidic or salty, and hydrocarbon fluids. Possible mud volcanoes have been identified on Mars. A mud volcano may be the result of a piercement structure created by a pressurized mud diapir which breaches the Earth's surface or ocean bottom. Their temperatures may be as low as the freezing point of the ejected materials, particularly when venting is associated with the creation of hydrocarbon clathrate hydrate deposits. Mud volcanoes are often associated with petroleum deposits and tectonic subduction zones and orogenic belts; hydrocarbon gases are often erupted. They are also often associated with lava volcanoes; in the case of such close proximity, mud volcanoes emit incombustible gases including helium, whereas lone mud volcanoes are more likely to emit methane. Approximately 1,100 mud volcanoes have been identified on land and in shallow water. It has been estimated that well over 10,000 may exist on continental slopes and abyssal plains. Most liquid and solid material is released during eruptions, but various seeps occur during dormant periods. The mud is rich in halite (rock salt) which can easily be extracted and sold at the local market. The name of Yellowstone National Park's Mud Volcano feature and the surrounding area is misleading; it consists of hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles, rather than a true mud volcano. Depending upon the precise definition of the term mud volcano, the Yellowstone formation could be considered a hydrothermal mud volcano cluster. The feature is much less active than in its first recorded description, although the area is quite dynamic. Yellowstone is an active geothermal area with a magma chamber near the surface, and active gases are chiefly steam, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. However, there are some Mud Volcanoes and Mud Geysers elsewhere in Yellowstone. One, the Vertically Gifted Cyclic Mud Pot sometimes acts as a geyser, throwing mud up to 30 feet high. The mud volcano in Yellowstone was previously a mound until suddenly it tore itself apart into the formation seen today.
Dragon's Mouth Spring, Mud Volcano Area, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, North America
Mud Volcano and Dragon's Mouth Spring - At Night! (Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming)
We arrived here quite late and didn't have much time for Yellowstone, so we decided to see Mud Volcano and Dragon's Mouth Spring before bedtime! You can really hear Dragon's Mouth towards the end of the video! This area of Yellowstone offers the best chances to see Black Bear within the park!
Mud volcano or mud dome refers to formations created by geo-exuded mud or slurries, water and gases. There are several geological processes that may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they produce no lava. The earth continuously exudes a mud-like substance, which may sometimes be referred to as a mud volcano. Mud volcanoes may range in size from merely 1 or 2 meters high and 1 or 2 meters wide, to 700 meters high and 10 kilometers wide.[where?][citation needed] Smaller mud exudations are sometimes referred to as mud-pots. The largest (man made) mud volcano is Lusi in Java, Indonesia, which is 10 kilometres (6 mi) in diameter.[1]
The mud produced by mud volcanoes is most typically formed as hot water, which has been heated deep below the earth's surface, begins to mix and blend with subterranean mineral deposits, thus creating the mud slurry exudate. This material is then forced upwards through a geological fault or fissure due to local subterranean pressure imbalances. Mud volcanoes are associated with subduction zones and about 1100 have been identified on or near land. The temperature of any given active mud volcano generally remains fairly steady and is much lower than the typical temperatures found in igneous volcanoes. Mud volcano temperatures can range from near 100 °C (212 °F) to occasionally 2 °C (36 °F), some being used as popular mud baths.
About 86% of the gas released from these structures is methane, with much less carbon dioxide and nitrogen emitted. Ejected materials are most often a slurry of fine solids suspended in water that may contain a mixture of salt, acids and various hydrocarbons.
Possible mud volcanoes have been identified on Mars.[2]
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Dragon's Mouth Spring Yellowstone National Park Wyoming - August 2012
The Dragon's Mouth Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Filmed during our vacation in August 2012. Please share on Facebook if you like, or subscribe. A ThomasEpicJourney production.
Dragon's Mouth Spring @ Yellowstone National Park
The Dragon's Mouth Spring (Hayden Valley 44.625156°N 110.434862°W) is seen in Yellowstone National Park's Mud Volcano Area in Teton County, Wyoming, USA on Aug. 11, 2013.
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With temperatures reaching around 170.2°F, dimensions of 18x30 feet and a depth of 16 feet, Dragon's Mouth is a turbulent hot spring with a cavernous mouth. Hot water flows in and out of the cavern rhythmically and as hot water rises to the surface, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and water vapor gases expand creating a pressure blast in the cavern. The resulting activity is sloshing, belching, and steaming.
Other attractions in the Mud Volcano Area are the Black Dragon's Caldron, Sour Lake, Mud Caldron, and the Sulfur Caldron. All these thermal features are very acidic. Iron sulfide is responsible for the dark-gray, blacker brown-colored water, while hydrogen sulfide produces the rotten egg smell.
Yellowstone is the first and oldest national park in the world and is famous for its wildlife and geothermal features, especially Old Faithful Geyser. It has many types of ecosystems, but the subalpine forest is dominant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.
Yellowstone National Park is located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872.
Yellowstone National Park:
Dragons Mouth Spring at Yellowstone National Park
Steaming mud volcano at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, United States.
Dragon's mouth spring Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park (Arapaho: Henihco'oo or Héetíhco'oo)[4] is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. Visited in mid Sept, 2014 with Terry, Bob & Bonita Rader.
Canary Spring, Mammoth Hot Spring, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, North America
Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate. Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas. Dead trees in an area of intense deposition of calcium carbonate. The hot water that feeds Mammoth comes from Norris Geyser Basin after traveling underground via a fault line that runs through limestone and roughly parallel to the Norris-to-Mammoth road. The limestone from rock formations along the fault is the source of the calcium carbonate. Shallow circulation along this corridor allows Norris' superheated water to slightly cool before surfacing at Mammoth, generally at about 170 °F (80 °C). Algae living in the warm pools have tinted the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green. Thermal activity here is extensive both over time and distance. The thermal flows show much variability with some variations taking place over periods ranging from decades to days. Terrace Mountain at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The most famous feature at the springs is the Minerva Terrace, a series of travertine terraces. The terraces have been deposited by the spring over many years but, due to recent minor earthquake activity, the spring vent has shifted, rendering the terraces dry. The Mammoth Terraces extend all the way from the hillside, across the Parade Ground, and down to Boiling River. The Mammoth Hotel, as well as all of Fort Yellowstone, is built upon an old terrace formation known as Hotel Terrace. There was some concern when construction began in 1891 on the fort site that the hollow ground would not support the weight of the buildings. Several large sink holes (fenced off) can be seen out on the Parade Ground. This area has been thermally active for several thousand years. The Mammoth area exhibits much evidence of glacial activity from the Pinedale Glaciation. The summit of Terrace Mountain is covered with glacial till, thereby dating the travertine formation there to earlier than the end of the Pinedale Glaciation. Several thermal kames, including Capitol Hill and Dude Hill, are major features of the Mammoth Village area. Ice-marginal stream beds are in evidence in the small, narrow valleys where Floating Island Lake and Phantom Lake are found. In Gardner Canyon one can see the old, sorted gravel bed of the Gardner River covered by unsorted glacial till. The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. A study that was completed in 2011 found that a total of 1283 geysers have erupted in Yellowstone, 465 of which are active during an average year. These are distributed among nine geyser basins, with a few geysers found in smaller thermal areas throughout the Park. The number of geysers in each geyser basin are as follows: Upper Geyser Basin (410), Midway Geyser Basin (59), Lower Geyser Basin (283), Norris Geyser Basin (193), West Thumb Geyser Basin (84), Gibbon Geyser Basin (24), Lone Star Geyser Basin (21), Shoshone Geyser Basin (107), Heart Lake Geyser Basin (69), other areas (33). Although famous large geysers like Old Faithful are part of the total, most of Yellowstone's geysers are small, erupting to only a foot or two. The hydrothermal system that supplies the geysers with hot water sits within an ancient active caldera. Many of the thermal features in Yellowstone build up sinter, geyserite, or travertine deposits around and within them. The various geyser basins are located where rainwater and snowmelt can percolate into the ground, get indirectly superheated by the underlying Yellowstone hotspot, and then erupt at the surface as geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles. Thus flat-bottomed valleys between ancient lava flows and glacial moraines are where most of the large geothermal areas are located. Smaller geothermal areas can be found where fault lines reach the surface, in places along the circular fracture zone around the caldera, and at the base of slopes that collect excess groundwater.
Dragon's Breath Cave in Yellowstone
Dragons Mouth Spring at Yellowstone National Park
Watch the spring breath and spew water.
Mud Geyser, Hayden Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States, North America
Hayden Valley is a large, sub-alpine valley in Yellowstone National Park straddling the Yellowstone River between Yellowstone Falls and Yellowstone Lake. The valley floor along the river is an ancient lake bed from a time when Yellowstone Lake was much larger. The valley is well known as one of the best locations to view wildlife in Yellowstone. The valley was the natural route to Yellowstone Lake as trappers, explorers and natives made their way up the Yellowstone River. On August 29, 1870 when Henry D. Washburn and Gustavus Cheyney Doane ascended Mount Washburn during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition, they saw the great expanse of the Hayden Valley between Yellowstone Falls and the lake. In Doane's journal he described the valley as seen from Mount Washburn thus: a grassy valley, branching between low ridges, running from the river toward the center of the basin. A small stream rose in this valley, breaking through the ridges to the west in a deep cañon, and falling into the channel of the Yellowstone, which here bears in a northeast course, flowing in view as far as the confluence of the small stream, thence plunged into the Grand Cañon, and hidden from sight. No falls can be seen, but their location is readily detected by the sudden disappearance of the river; beyond this open valley the basin appears to be filled with a succession of low, converging ridges, heavily timbered, and all of about an equal altitude. To the south appears a broad sheet of water the Yellowstone Lake. Although its clear that the valley is named in honor of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden and his geological surveys of the Yellowstone region (his 1871 survey led to the creation of the park), there is little definitive evidence as to who actually named the valley. Some credit the Earl of Dunraven, during his visit in 1872, but the name first appeared on maps in 1880 in an annual report from superintendent Philetus Norris. The Hayden valley is approximately 7 miles (11 km) long north to south and 7 miles (11 km) wide east to west and occupies about 50 square miles (130 km2) of the park. It lies mostly the west of the Yellowstone River between Canyon and Yellowstone Lake. The Canyon to Lake section of the Grand Loop Road follows the eastern side of the valley near the river. The geothermal features that are scattered around the valley are not as impressive as those of the large geyser basins, but in many case they were the first to be discovered and described by the early explorers. They include Mud Volcano, Mud Geyser, Sulphur Caldron, and Black Dragon Caldron at the southern end of the valley and Sulphur Spring in the Crater Hills group further north and west of the river. The Hayden Valley is outstanding wildlife habitat and is frequented by buffalo, elk, grizzly bears, coyote and a host of smaller mammals and birds. To protect this habitat and prevent disturbing wildlife, the valley is closed to off-trail foot travel. Two trails make the valley accessible for hikers the Hayden Valley trail and the Mary Mountain trail. The valley trail parallels the river on the eastern side of the valley from Lake to Canyon, while the Mary Mountain trail skirts the northern edge of the valley along Alum Creek on its way to the Canyon-Lake road. All the rivers, creeks and ponds in the valley are closed to fishing.
Dragon's Mouth - Yellowstone National Park
Dragon's Mouth in Yellowstone National Park.
Beryl Spring, Yellowstone National Park
19 July 2010
Taken using the video setting on a Canon Powershot G11.
Beryl Spring is a hot spring in the Gibbon Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.
Beryl is one of the hottest in Yellowstone, averaging 196°F (91°C). It was named by the U.S. Geological Survey Hague party in 1883 for the blue-green color which reminded a party member of the gemstone beryl.
Norris Geyser Basin - Back Basin in Yellowstone National Park
A tour of the Norris Back Basin and fifteen geysers, hot springs and steam vents along the trail. Norris does not have geysers that erupt on any sort of schedule.
Yellowstone National Park - Boiling Pool - MVI 1089
Raging boil in one of Yellowstones thermal pools.
IS THE ERUPTION OF WYOMING YELLOWSTONE'S SUPER-VOLCANO IMMINENT? BY M. REZA SALAMI
MUSIC BY: RAY VENTURA, THE END OF THE WORLD
CREDIT: Brian Handwerk for National Geographic News, USGS, YOUTUBE VIDEOS CONTRIBUTERS
Actual activities:
Yellowstone National Park's super-volcano just took a deep breath, causing miles of ground to raise dramatically, scientists report: The simmering volcano has produced major eruptions—each a thousand times more powerful than Mount St. Helen's 1980 eruption—three times in the past 2.1 million years. Yellowstone's caldera, which covers a 25- by 37-mile (40- by 60-kilometer) swath of Wyoming, is an ancient crater formed after the last big blast, some 640,000 years ago. (See When Yellowstone Explodes in National Geographic magazine.) Since then, about 30 smaller eruptions—including one as recent as 70,000 years ago—have filled the caldera with lava and ash, producing the relatively flat landscape we see today. But beginning in 2004, scientists saw the ground above the caldera rise upward at rates as high as 2.8 inches (7 centimeters) a year. (Related: Yellowstone Is Rising on Swollen 'Supervolcano.') The rate slowed between 2007 and 2010 to a centimeter a year or less. Still, since the start of the swelling, ground levels over the volcano have been raised by as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) in places. It's an extraordinary uplift, because it covers such a large area and the rates are so high, said the University of Utah's Bob Smith, a longtime expert in Yellowstone's volcanism. Predicting when an eruption might occur is extremely difficult, in part because the fine details of what's going on under Yellowstone are still undetermined. What's more, continuous records of Yellowstone's activity have been made only since the 1970s—a tiny slice of geologic time—making it hard to draw conclusions. Clearly some deep source of magma feeds Yellowstone, and since Yellowstone has erupted in the recent geological past, we know that there is magma at shallower depths too, said Dan Dzurisin, a Yellowstone expert with the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory in Washington State. There has to be magma in the crust, or we wouldn't have all the hydrothermal activity that we have, Dzurisin added. There is so much heat coming out of Yellowstone right now that if it wasn't being reheated by magma, the whole system would have gone stone cold since the time of the last eruption 70,000 years ago. This earthquake swarm may have helped to release pressure on the magma reservoir by allowing fluids to escape, and this may have slowed the rate of uplift, the University of Utah's Smith said. (Related: Mysterious 'Swarm' of Quakes Strikes Oregon Waters.) Big quakes [can have] a relationship to uplift and deformations caused by the intrusion of magma, he said. How those intrusions stress the adjacent faults, or how the faults might transmit stress to the magma.
West Thumb Geyser Basin - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States
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- Pausing to observe at West Thumb Geyser Basin by Journeyer from a blog titled Old Faithful to Mammoth Hot Springs
- Abyss Pool at West thumb Geyser Basin by Andrewkinsey from a blog titled Yellowstone National Park
- Tish at West Thumb Geyser Basin by Tishnandrew from a blog titled A new experience at Old Faithfull
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Dragon's Mouth Cave in Yellowstone
Recorded on July 17, 2010 using a Flip Video camcorder.
Nature Overdose - Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone National Park is a nearly 3,500-sq.-mile wilderness recreation area atop a volcanic hot spot. Mostly in Wyoming, the park spreads into parts of Montana and Idaho too. Yellowstone features dramatic canyons, alpine rivers, lush forests, hot springs and gushing geysers, including its most famous, Old Faithful. It's also home to hundreds of animal species, including bears, wolves, bison, elk and antelope.
Address: United States
Area: 8,991 km²
Established: March 1, 1872
New Earthquake By Giant Crack In Earth 750 Yards Long- Yellowstone Related?
Earthquake hits M 4.2 - 64km ESE of Thermopolis, Wyoming in the area where giant crack in earth 750 yards long 50 yards wide developed. As Yellowstone swarm continues and deformation in the area around caldera has developed in past 2 years...