Spanning swaths of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, Yellowstone National Park is home to one of the most famous images to come out of the 63 national parks across the country. The bright blue, green and orange colors of the geothermal geyser Old Faithful are caused by thermophiles or microscopic organisms that thrive in hot temperatures in spring water rising from deep within the ground.

Yellowstone National Park has more potential hazards than the thermal pools. Bear and bison have also injured or killed visitors.

The 60-year-old woman had second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg after breaking through a thin crust over scalding water in a thermal area of the park.

A woman visiting Yellowstone National Park reportedly suffered second- and third-degree burns after wandering off-trail in a thermal area on Monday, park officials announced. The unidentified woman, 60,

A woman suffered third-degree burns at Yellowstone this week after accidentally breaking the crust of a thermal pool and plunging her leg into the scalding hot water, according to the National

A 60-year-old woman suffered severe burns after she fell through the ground near Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park on Monday (September 16) afternoon. The National Park Service said that the woman,