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Scratch-Off Player Wins a Second $10M Payoff There’s a Fresh Geyser Mystery in Yellowstone

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Juan Hernandez is starting to get good at this. The Long Island man claimed a $10 million prize in It’s unclear why the Steamboat Geyser had a record year a New York Lottery Deluxe scratch-off game last It’s the tallest active geyser on the planet— week—his second windfall, after winning his first with an emphasis on “active.” From 2015 $10 million in a scratch-off game in 2019. The New to 2017, it didn’t erupt at all. There was York Lottery said he beat odds of 1 in 3,521,600 to another largely quiet period from 1911 to win the Deluxe game; the odds of winning a se1961, but in 2018 it logged a record-setting cond time defy comprehension. Hernandez chose 32 eruptions, a feat it has crushed this year to take his winnings last month in a lump-sum with 47 eruptions, per the US Geological payment: $6,510,000. He didn’t say whether he’ll Survey. Why? Good question, and one that keep playing, but it’s clear Hernandez doesn’t need hasn’t been answered. It’s one on a long another windfall. ”I’m still trying to spend the $10 list of geyser mysteries, in fact. The geymillion I won in ’19,” he said. ser-research field is a thin one, and as Yellowstone National Park’s hydrologist ex-

Amelia Earhart’s Long-Lost Helmet Turns Up in Odd Spot plained the area beneath Steamboat hasn’t been mapped. However, seismic sensors there have revealed that the geyser’s water

A leather helmet worn by none other than Ame source may sit as deep as 130 feet. lia Earhart is currently up for auction. That it has the potential to fetch six figures isn’t too much of a surprise given Earhart’s status as an American icon. More surprising, however, is the story of the helmet itself, as told by Laurie Gwen Shapiro in the New York Times. It seems that in 1929—eight years before her disappearance—Earhart competed in an all-woman air race that finished in Cleveland. Though she came in third, Earhart, already a celebrity, was swarmed by fans upon touching down. Her well-worn leather helmet came off in the chaos, and it ended up in the hands of a young man. He gave it to a young woman on whom he Most other geysers seem to be fueled by had a crush.shallower reserves; deeper equals warmer, so that could be a factor in Steamboat’s

That woman, Ellie Brookhart, saved the helmet ability to propel water to heights of more in a plastic bag and would bring it out for the than 300 feet. Michael Poland with the occasional show-and-tell over the years. It became family lore. When she died, son Anthony Twiggs decided the helmet ”might be better in a museum instead of a closet in Minnesota,” writes Shapiro. His initial calls, however, were met with skepticism about the story, and Twiggs began to question it himself. He enlisted the services of Resolution Photomatch in Seattle, a company used by auction houses to determine the authenticity of such things. USGS earlier this year said it’s possible that increased snowfall in Yellowstone of late has led to more groundwater to fuel the geyser. What scientists are saying is that there’s no link between the increased activity and any potential looming eruption of Yellowstone’s supervolcano. “Yellowstone has an incredible geyser system that is unrelated to magmatic activity—other than the magmatic system basically providing

Conclusion? Mom was right: It was unquestionably Earhart’s helmet, worn when she famously became the first woman to cross the Atlantic as a heat,” tweeted one volcanologist. USA Today noted that the Waimangu Geyser in New Zealand has managed to shoot wapassenger in 1928. The current high bid at Heriter taller than Steamboat has, but it’s been tage Auctions is $33,000, but bidding doesn’t end until Feb. 26.

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The Least-Visited National Park in America

Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve in Alaska is where you can head for some solitude.

Looking to avoid crowds while visiting a national park? A recent CNN travel story highlighted the 15 least-visited parks in the nation, with Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve topping the list. It logs only about 7,000 visits each year, largely because visitors must fly there, instead of driving. No. 2 is remote in a different way: The National Park of American Samoa is on a volcanic island and gets about 8,500 visits a year. As for the rest, parks in Alaska dominate the list.

Here are the non-Alaskan entrants in the top 10:

2021-2022 Record 24-3*

Big East Regular Season Champs

* as of March 1st

#4 North Cascades National Park, Washington (17,855 visits) #7 Isle Royale National Park, Michigan (25,844) #9 Dry Tortugas National Park,

Florida (83,817) Shop In RI 5

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