Five people managed to escape the 105 F acidic pond when the vehicle they were driving veered off the road and crashed into the Yellowstone geyser.
Luckily, they were able to get out of the hot water, which sits at 41C, on their own, park officials have said.
The incident took place on Thursday morning and they were rushed to hospital for treatment, believed to have sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
The road was shut for two hours yesterday, Friday, July 12, while authorities removed the SUV from the pond, which was deep in 9 feet of water.
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The pond, the Semi-Centennial Geyser in Yellowstone, is near Roaring Mountain, sitting between Norris Junction and Mammoth Hot Springs.
The Yellowstone geyser has been inactive since 1922, following a major eruption. The first activity were recorded in 1919, but three years later, the violent eruptions spewed water 300 feet into the air, as well as rocks and debris being thrown 140m away.
However, after the initial outburst, it has been quiet ever since.
The name for the geyser stems from the eruption taking place 50 years after Yellowstone National Park was established, in 1872, hence Semi Centennial.
Yellowstone geyser’s are no joke
More than 20 people have been killed by some of the geothermal pools, geysers, steam vents, hot springs and mudpots in Yellowstone. There are 10,000 of them scattered around the national park.
Although, compared to the amount of visitors to the area, it makes injury or death extremely rare.
In 2022, a 70-year-old California man passed away on July 31 after entering the Abyss hot springs pool at the Lake’s West Thumb Geyser Basin.
However, evidence of his death didn’t appear until weeks later, when a shoe and a part of a foot were discovered on August 16, floating on the water.
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The pond reaches 140 F and is 53 feet deep. Park officials say they believe the event didn’t include foul play, and there were no witnesses.
A few years prior, on June 7, 2016, Colin Nathaniel Scott slipped and fell to his death near Porkchop Geyser in Yellowstone.
He and his sister left the boardwalk – against permission – and walked more than 200 yards into the Norris Geyser Basin when he lost his footing. Unfortunately, his body was never recovered.
It was a tough week, as just days before, a 13-year-old boy burned his ankle and foot after his dad slipped while carrying him near Old Faithful, while also suffering burns himself. The boy was hospitalized after the incident, and the National Park Service said the pair had walked off the designated trail.
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