{"id":18878,"date":"2014-07-11T01:42:12","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T17:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=18878"},"modified":"2014-07-11T23:44:44","modified_gmt":"2014-07-11T15:44:44","slug":"new-hot-spot-in-yellowstone-melts-asphalt-road-closes-popular-geysers-thermal-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/11\/new-hot-spot-in-yellowstone-melts-asphalt-road-closes-popular-geysers-thermal-features\/","title":{"rendered":"New hot spot in Yellowstone melts asphalt road, closes popular geysers, thermal features"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18879\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Morning_Glory_Pool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18879\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Morning_Glory_Pool.jpg\" alt=\"Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.\" width=\"800\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Morning_Glory_Pool.jpg 800w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Morning_Glory_Pool-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morning Glory Pool is a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CHEYENNE, Wyo.\u2014The ever-changing thermal geology of Yellowstone National Park has created a hot spot that melted an asphalt road and closed access to popular geysers and other attractions at the height of tourist season, officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>As they examined possible fixes, park officials warned visitors not to hike into the affected area, where the danger of stepping through solid-looking soil into boiling-hot water was high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are plenty of other great places to see thermal features in the park,\u201d Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t risk personal injury to see these during this temporary closure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naturally changing thermal features often damage Yellowstone\u2019s roads and boardwalks. Steaming potholes in asphalt roads and parking lots\u2014marked off by traffic cones\u2014are fairly common curiosities.<\/p>\n<p>However, the damage to Firehole Lake Drive is unusually severe and could take several days to fix. The 3.3-mile loop six miles north of Old Faithful takes visitors past Great Fountain Geyser, White Dome Geyser and Firehole Lake.<\/p>\n<p>Unusually warm weather for Yellowstone\u2014with high temperatures in the mid-80s\u2014has contributed to turning the road into a hot, sticky mess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got some ideas. We\u2019re going to try them. Our maintenance staff has really looked at the issue,\u201d Nash said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHEYENNE, Wyo.\u2014The ever-changing thermal geology of Yellowstone National Park has created a hot spot that melted an asphalt road and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":18879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","mauthors-mead-gruver","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}