When a party of visitors’ car collided with a hot, acidic pond formed by a geyser in Yellowstone National Park, they found themselves literally submerged in hot water. In the Semi-Centennial Geyser thermal feature, which is close to Roaring Mountain between Mammoth Hot Springs and Norris Junction in Yellowstone National Park, the car veered off the road and ended up entirely submerged in almost nine feet of water. The thermal pond’s water has a temperature range of roughly 105°F.
All five of the car’s occupants survived the tragedy, which occurred last Thursday at around 10.40 a.m.; they were all taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance, albeit several of them only had minor injuries. It took park workers until Friday to be able to extract the automobile from the geyser. It took around two hours for park workers to raise the sport-utility vehicle out of the water, during which time they briefly stopped the roadway. According to the news statement, the US Water Rescue Dive Team assisted with the procedure.
The geyser, now known as a “thermal feature” due to its revised name, was first observed in 1922 when it erupted with water up to 75 feet high. Despite some “intermittent bubbling,” no other eruptions have been seen after that time. “Hanser’s Automotive; US Water Rescue Dive Team; HK, Contractors; Resource Technologies Incorporated and Yellowstone Park Service Stations for their collective expertise and professionalism in removing the car from the thermal feature in such an expedient manner,” said a press release from Yellowstone officials.
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