It’s right there in the name!

There are many places around the world where you can go swimming in hot springs. This is not one of them.

While some hot springs offer nice, swimmable temperatures, others are pretty close to boiling. For example, the hot springs at Yellowstone reach around 198 degrees Fahrenheit, meaning that anyone who tries to take a dip in one of them risks getting cooked like a lobster.

And yet, that’s exactly what this lady did!

A tourist at Yellowstone National Park illegally/stupidly dips her hand into a hot spring.

Yellowstone is also an active geothermal area with hot springs emerging at ~92°C (~198°F) (the boiling point of water at Yellowstone's mean altitude) and steam vents reported as high as… pic.twitter.com/vNviCBDhmY

— Fascinating (@fasc1nate) April 27, 2025