This is the spectacular moment the Black Diamond Pool erupts in the Yellowstone National Park.

The sudden hydrothermal burst from the steaming spring was captured on cameras on May 31 at 8:39 pm.

Footage shows a jet of hot water and steam shooting up from the thermal pool in Biscuit Basin, Wyoming, as wind gusts whipped across the surface.

Scalding water can be seen violently spewing into the air, forming a cloud of mist that hovered above the basin as the wind swept through the rising vapours.

Despite the recent eruption, experts said the Yellowstone Caldera remains at background levels—a typical, low-level volcanic and seismic activity with no signs of imminent eruption.

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations recorded 119 small earthquakes in the region in May. The strongest of which was a magnitude 2.7 quake located 7 miles north of Yellowstone Lake.

Most tremors were part of minor swarms near West Yellowstone, Montana.

Geologists also observed about 3 cm of ground sinking, or subsidence, in the caldera since October, a continuation of a long-term trend first detected in 2015.

The Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), operated by the US Geological Survey in partnership with universities and government agencies, continues to monitor the area closely.

Yellowstone sits atop one of the largest volcanic systems on Earth and contains more than 10,000 hydrothermal features, including geysers, hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles.