The world’s largest acidic geyser has begun erupting again in Yellowstone after slumbering for over five years, the national park said Monday. Echinus Geyser, located in the back basin of the Norris ...

Yellowstone National Park is full of surprises. With more than 10,000 geothermal features dotted across its forests and basins, this wild landscape of steam, mudpots, hot springs, and jets of boiling ...

WASHINGTON — Yellowstone's Echinus Geyser, which is the largest acidic geyser in the world, came out of five years of dormancy last month to start erupting several times a day, according to the U.S.

Tucked inside Norris Geyser Basin, the hottest and most geologically restless thermal area in all of Yellowstone National Park, Echinus Geyser has been quiet for years. But in early February 2026, ...