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In response to "For those interested in Yellowstone: National Geographic had a great article on the volcanic activity a few months back -- nm" by Beaker

I've missed something. Cliff's Notes version of what's going on, pls? -- nm

Posted by con_Kringle (aka con_carne) Dec 16 '09, 11:34

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Lets just say, if you go to Yellowstone (or anywhere in the US) don't jump up and down. - Let it Spawn, let it Spawn, let it Spawn! Dec 16, 11:43
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Yellowstone National Park sits atop a subterranean chamber of molten rock and gasses so vast that the region is arguably one of the largest active - mara Dec 16, 11:39 17
- i.e. we are all going to die in a huge firey explosion -- nm - decline Dec 16, 11:42 9
  - They should pour slushies down it to cool it off a bit. -- nm - Loyola Dec 16, 11:46 7
    - seriously, they should drill a big hole down to that caldera thingy and drop a bunch of ice down into it -- nm - decline Dec 16, 11:47 6
      - uh, have you seen any of the videos of dropping a frozen turkey into a deep fryer? -- nm - Zhu-Zhugeist Dec 16, 12:25
      - *starts writing tv-movie script* I'll call it "Fire and Ice"? "Super-eruption"? -- nm - Andie Cane Dec 16, 11:49 3
        
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        no, no, this is TOTALLY different. - Andie Cane Dec 16, 11:55
        
        Superuption. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 11:49
      - Or nukes. I'm easy either way. -- nm - Loyola Dec 16, 11:48
  - no, relatively speaking, very few of us will die in the fiery explosion. many more will die from the suffocating ash cloud - znufrii Dec 16, 11:45
- I love it when you talk geology -- nm - con_Kringle Dec 16, 11:42
- and the last eruption there was 600,000 years ago, and scientist estimate that it erupts, on average, every 600,000 years... -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 11:40 5
  - so like clockwork then? -- nm - Roger More Dec 16, 11:43
  - (if I'm remembering my figures correctly...) -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 11:40 3
    - But at this hot spot's current position under Yellowstone there have been three massive eruptions: 2.1 million, 1.3 million and 640,000 years ago. - mara Dec 16, 11:43 2
      - so, they're actually getting closer together, which means the next one's overdue *freaks out* -- nm - znufrii Dec 16, 12:04 1
        
        Heh. -- nm - mara Dec 16, 12:06
massive underground volcanic activity -- nm - Beaker Dec 16, 11:38
Western US go boom. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 16, 11:34

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