Joe is learning more and more pieces of the puzzle of this case. He is also learning more and more that he is not wanted or welcomed. He is walking on thin ice as him and his partner in this case that is helping him out.
In reading more on the case and doing some more research, he finds a man by the name of Mark Cutler. He is a very informed individual when it comes to the area and all the gysers in this area of Yellowstone National Park. He has studied these geysers for years. He is one of what they call a Zephyr employee, but when he is off the clock, he volunteers his time in checking the geysers and learning about them. In his rounds, he explains to Joe and his partner how the underground plumbing works and how a geyser could simply stop erupting in one corner of the park and a new geyser could shoot up miles away. He also explained to Joe about Bio-miners. As stated, biologists have come to this area because they have discovered thermofiles - microbes. These microbes are unique to anywhere else on earth. Apparently this area this a kind of biological perfect storm due to the combination of the hot water, the minerals, and the ecological isolation of the area.
The last geyser they go to is called Sunburst Hot Springs. As Cutler explains, it is called this because from the air, the runoff vents come off of it like spikes in all directions. Kind of like the way a kid draws sun beams on a sun. People have been illegally using this geyser as a hot spot. In other words, people have been using this as a natural whirl pool. It's about waist deep and clear.
In all these rounds, Joe found out various information about the case. On their way back to the station, they noticed that they were not the only ones on the back roads of the national park and they are aware of that. They just aren't sure who that person is and why they are being followed.
