A hydrothermal explosion rocked Tuesday morning rocked Biscuit Basin in Yellowstone National Park, sending a towering eruption of hot water, rocks, and other debris into the sky and sending visitors running.

The ongoing restoration of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse relies on science, history, art, and patience.

Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona is chock full of geology, color, and history. So here are a few fun facts about this national park about which you might or might not know.

It’s a rare double heron day at the only national park dedicated to preserving aquatic plants. A Yellow-crowned Night Heron is stalking crustaceans in a water lily pond straight out of a Claude Monet painting. A Green Heron clutching a lotus stalk stands surrounded by pink and white flowers, huge, cup-shaped leaves and bright green pods that look like shower heads.