During the afternoon of July 14, the U.S. Geological Survey announced the discovery of a new geothermal pool in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris Geyser Basin.

Yellowstone geologists discovered the baby hydrothermal feature in April while doing routine work at Norris Geyser Basin, the ...

Ice-blue in color, warm in temperature and a little larger than a backyard hot tub, the pool is the newest known feature to bubble up in Yellowstone’s simmering hydrothermal landscape. It has yet to ...