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posted by mrpg on Sunday October 07 2018, @06:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the inner-beauty dept.

Heavily Littered Yellowstone Geyser Spews Tons of Trash Into Air During Eruption

Ear Spring geyser, located in Yellowstone National Park, had long been engorged by years of trash left inside of it by ill-mannered tourists. So naturally when the geyser erupted in September, unleashing its usual blast of searing-hot water and air, a nasty wave of dreck followed.

[...] The garbage had clearly been building within the geyser for a while, as evidenced by the breadth of the objects retrieved. A pyrex funnel, a rather large cement block, three cigarette butts, a no.2 pencil, a plastic spoon, a Solo jazz cup, a baby pacifier and various other things were found after Ear Spring's 30-foot belch on September 15.

The garbage blast was also historic: Some of the objects are believed to date back to the 1930s and are primed to be "inventoried by curators and may end up in Yellowstone's archives," per the NPS.

Also at Motherboard.


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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by driverless on Monday October 08 2018, @02:16AM

    by driverless (4770) on Monday October 08 2018, @02:16AM (#745773)

    Isn't the Twitter stream mostly Alex Jones and Fox and Friends regurgitated though?

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