Volatile Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park is closed to the public for the summer tourism season as scientists continue to monitor the area after a thermal pool in the basin specatularly exploded last July.

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory is monitoring the area's potential for more unstable upheavals before allowing people to get up close and personal with Biscuit Basin again.

Biscuit Basin has been closed since the July 24, 2024, Black Diamond Pool exploded. Because Black Diamond Pool has continued showing erratic behavior since the explosion, a static webcam was installed so scientists can catch it in the act.

“We know from seismic data and eyewitnesses that there have been small bursts from Black Diamond Pool since the big explosion last July,” said Mike Poland, scientist in charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. “The problem is that we don't have any really good observations or documentation of these events, so that’s why we installed this webcam.”

The webcam will watch the basin and catch it in the act when it decides to blow it’s top again.