Steamboat Geyser nears records with 22nd eruption in 2018

The Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park erupted for the 22nd time in 2018 Monday morning.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the geyser erupted at 10:25 a.m.

Trent Sizemore Photography captured video of Monday’s eruption.

Carolyn Golba captured video of the last eruption on Sept. 30.It has been 7 days, 15 hours and 31 minutes since that eruption.

Yellowstone National Park reports this is the most active year for Steamboat since 1982 when it off 23 times. It also went off 26 times in 1963, 29 times in 1964 and 22 times in 1965.

USGS said the geyser has decided to follow a semi-regular pattern of erupting about every 5 days over the past several weeks.