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Ice-blue in color, warm in temperature and a little larger than a backyard hot tub, the pool is the newest known feature to ...

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On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey announced the discovery of a new geothermal pool in Yellowstone National Park ...

Learn about the new hydrothermal feature that appeared last winter in Yellowstone National Park, possibly on Christmas Day.

There’s a new milky blue pool in Yellowstone National Park.

Yellowstone National Park geologists identified a new thermal feature in Norris Geyser Basin. It may have coincided with a visit from St. Nicholas.

Get ready for a little Christmas in July: There’s a new baby blue pool in Yellowstone National Park, and science suggests it started forming on the winter holiday.

Norris Geyser Basin is one of the only major thermal basins located outside of Yellowstone Caldera (it is about 2.5 miles north of the caldera rim) and covers an area of about 800 acres.

Norris Geyser Basin also hosts several craters that reach up to 100 meters (328 feet) in diameter. These craters were formed during hydrothermal explosions that ejected boiling water, mud and rocks.

C, 2001–2002. Uplift near Norris and subsidence of the caldera floor continued to slow during this period. Arrow labeled NGB marks the location of Norris Geyser Basin. D, 2002–2003.

Named for Philetus Norris, who served as Yellowstone National Park superintendent from 1877 to 1882, Norris Geyser Basin is Yellowstone's hottest and most-changing geyser basin.