Social media users claim Yellowstone National Park has been closed due to an impending natural disaster.
“Yellowstone officials just closed up the park and said the volcanic uplift is rising,” reads the text in a Dec. 18 Facebook post (direct link, archive link).
The video features clips of volcanic eruptions, explosions, maps and wildlife.
The post was viewed more than 129,000 times on Facebook in just three days.
But the claim is false.
Yellowstone National Park is currently open to the public. Scientists at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory said there are no indications of unusual volcanic activity or uplift.
The clips in the video included in the post do not depict the current conditions within Yellowstone National Park. Some of the footage used in the video was taken from various television programs and "2012," an American science fiction disaster film released in 2009.
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook users who shared the video for comment.
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Linda Veress, a spokesperson for Yellowstone National Park, said the post's claim was incorrect.
"Yellowstone National Park is open, and there are no plans to close it due to impending volcanic activity," Veress said in an email.
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