Part of a foot, inside a shoe, spotted inside Yellowstone heated spring

Part of a foot, inside a shoe, spotted inside Yellowstone heated spring

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — Yellowstone National Park officials are investigating following a park employee spotted small part of a foot, inside a shoe, floating inside a heated leap inside the southern small part of the park, officials said Thursday.

Tuesday's finding at Abyss Pool led to the temporary closure of the West Thumb Geyser Basin accompanied by every one one other accompanied by its parking lot. The area has since reopened.

The park did not have some other details concerning the investigation to build condition on Thursday, park spokesperson Morgan Warthin said.

Abyss Pool, located the occident of the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake, is 53 feet (16 meters) deep accompanied by every one one other accompanied by the temperature is concerning 140 degrees Fahrenheit (60 Celsius), park officials said. It is on the south side of the southern loop into with every one other accompanied by not here of the park.

In such heated springs, superheated aqua cools while it reaches the surface, sinks accompanied by every one one other accompanied by is replaced by hotter aqua from below. The circulation prevents the aqua from reaching the temperature needed to place off an eruption exist fond of happens accompanied by geysers inside the park, according to the park's website.

Part of a foot, inside a shoe, spotted inside Yellowstone heated spring