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Hikers on boardwalk at Grand Prismatic, Yellowstone National Park, USA

Yellowstone tourist ignores warnings to take barefoot stroll on Grand Prismatic

By Cat Ellis published

Three people wandered off the boardwalk onto the bacterial mats around the hot spring, with one kicking off their shoes

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Hiker on boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park

Clueless tourists burn hands in scalding thermal pools at Yellowstone

By Cat Ellis published

The NPS warns visitors not to touch hot springs or runoff

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Boiling mudpot at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Yellowstone's mudpots are boiling hot, acidic and stinky – so why are tourists getting so close?

By Cat Ellis published

Some visitors stray of boardwalks to stand at the edge of the steaming mudpots, getting a face full of fumes

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Man reading sign at Morning Glory Pool, Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone's Morning Glory Pool is a hotspot for vandalism – and it's changed the water

By Cat Ellis published

People have been throwing litter into the pool since the 1880s, and damage is still being done

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Green Dragon Spring at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Yellowstone tourist spotted dipping fingers in steaming, acidic, green spring (yes, really)

By Cat Ellis published

The NPS says visitors must wait patiently to see the "sulfur-lined cave and boiling green water", but this man was impatient

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Grand Prismatic spring, Yellowstone National Park, USA

"Shocked onlookers" watch man edge around near-boiling Yellowstone spring

By Cat Ellis published

Two men wandered off the boardwalk at Grand Prismatic, where the water can reach 189°F

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Aerial view of Silex Spring at Yellowstone National Park, USA

"It's really hot!" – yet another Yellowstone tourist insists on dabbling fingers in scalding spring

By Cat Ellis published

The average temperature in Silex Spring is high enough to cause severe burns within a second of contact

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Geothermal pool at Yellowstone National Park, USA

Yellowstone tourist narrowly avoids being being stewed in hot spring

By Cat Ellis published

Straying off the boardwalk is dangerous, and backing up without looking behind you is even more so

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Thermal pool warning sign at Yellowstone National Park, USA

Attention-seeking Yellowstone tourist nearly slips into boiling pool

By Cat Ellis published

Park visitors have been killed in the park's scalding water features, but that doesn't deter everyone

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West Thumb Pool, Yellowstone National Park, USA

Careless Yellowstone hikers shamed for strolling alongside steaming hot spring

By Cat Ellis published

The pair courted disaster by wandering off the boardwalk to take in the view beside one of the park's hot pools

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