Ruth Marquez

Ruth Marquez was a geology graduate student working on her PhD at the University of Utah. She was part of a team of geologists, which included Kelly Birnbaum, that was studying the increased geothermal activity in Yellowstone National Park. During one expedition into the park, the team discovered that Coffee Pot Springs had "gone nuts": a brand new geyser threw water a hundred feet into the air and springs were no longer just pools but blorping boiling water 8-10 feet high along with new, agitated springs forming.