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Yellowstone has more than 10,000 hot springs, geysers, mudpots and steam vents. More than 500 of them are geysers, the National Park Service says.

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Yellowstone has more than 10,000 hot springs, geysers, mudpots and steam vents. More than 500 of them are geysers, the National Park Service says.ILLUSTRATION · AI

Yellowstone National Park has more than 10,000 hydrothermal features, and more than 500 of them are geysers.

The National Park Service calls it the most extraordinary collection of hot springs, geysers, mudpots and fumaroles on Earth.

Microorganisms called thermophiles, or heat lovers, live in the park's hot water.

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