Video

Inside Yellowstone - Mud Volcano

Yellowstone National Park

DURATION: 2 minutes, 4 seconds
DATE CREATED: 04/27/2007
CREDIT: Written & Presented by Park Ranger George Heinz
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In 1870 Mud Volcano had a cone-shaped mud deposit that covered the feature. By 1872 a thermal explosion had blown that mud away to reveal what we see today. Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds