STEAMBOAT is a rock star geyser. It's the tallest active geyser in the world, and famously unpredictable. But now, researchers say one major eruption seems to have been triggered by an nearby earthquake. And just this month, another small earthquake was followed by a Steamboat eruption. Is all this an intriguing clue about what controls Steamboat, or is it just coincidence? https://www.npr.org/2024/10/23/nx-s1-5157788/when-steamboat-goes-whoosh-scientists-look-for-answers #science #geology #volcano #Yellowstone #nature #earthquake photo credit: Mara Reed