A Yellowstone geyser erupted and it rained down trash

An erupting geyser is said to be a breathtaking natural spectacle. But it's probably a lot less so when it starts raining down decades of garbage. In its biggest blow in over 60 years, Yellowstone National Park's dormant Ear Spring blew its top, erupting scalding hot water over 9 metres (30 feet) into the air on 15 September. And with it, it brought a rain of debris thrown in by tourists since perhaps the 1930s. "After Ear Spring erupted on September 15, employees found a strange assortment of items strewn across the landscape around its vent!" Yellowstone National Park wrote in a Facebook post. "Some are clearly historic: they'll be inventoried by curators and may end up in Yellowstone's archives." Among the items, National Park employees found cans, part of a cinder block, crumpled foil, a plastic cup and spoon, cigarette butts, a sign that seems to have something to do with bears, a whole lot of coins, and a baby pacifier from the 1930s. The park has experienced a renewed frenzy of thermal activity on Geyser Hill where Ear Spring is located in recent weeks. This includes new vents and surface fractures, and a "new thermal feature" that has led to the closure of a popular boardwalk in the Upper Geyser Basin to prevent people from being splashed by the boiling water...MORE