Posted on 11/24/2021 10:49:17 AM PST by BenLurkin
The Science Channel investigated a section of the valley and discovered many clouds of smoke pouring from beneath the ground.
Using InSAR data that has been monitoring the region for the last 20 years, geophysicist Jared Peacock pointed out a worrying aspect of the caldera that might portend problems.
InSAR is a remote sensing method that employs a laser to concentrate a beam of radiation on a target, bouncing back to a sensor on an antenna, providing a comprehensive map of a region.
One of the most concerning sites in InSAR was near Mammoth Lakes, a hamlet in the Sierra Nevada highlands.
A blazing-hot red spot is depicted just beneath the Earth, indicating the presence of magma.
The InSAR data revealed the resurgent dome and checked for signals of problems deep below to see if the Long Valley Caldera was coming back to life.
This activity, however, was not centralized, which is grounds for concern. Instead, it was scarce and dispersed.
The Long Valley Caldera reservoir is predicted to have "significant melt characteristics," with a volume of more than 240 cubic miles (1,000 cubic kilometers).
This melt might be hot enough to burn liquid rock in around 27% of cases.
Long Valley last erupted 100,000 years ago, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
(Excerpt) Read more at natureworldnews.com ...
BTW, there is magma in the hills around there that is higher than the valley floor.
Hundred miles from San Francisco... Pelosi needs to ‘stay with her people’ and show them how brave she is... and NOT come to Florida.
I know this is strange - because most liberal hysteria is BS - but this one concerns me...
“We’re all gonna die, sir.”
GOD CONTROLS THE CLIMATE AND HE CONTROLS VOLCANOES.....DEAL ITH IT LIBERALS!
I don’t know where I’m a-gonna go when the volcano blow.
But, could it blow someone’s mask off and cause COVID to spread?
A Super volcano eruption anywhere, would darken the sky for months, all over the globe, scatter ash all over the globe and within a thousand miles of the crater have ash build up to several feet thick.
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It happened in 535 ad, maybe twice, once in Indonesia and once in Mexico. The following years without summers killed off a large portion of the Holy Roman Empire. It replaced grain-eating Europeans with goat and cattle eating people from the asian steppes.
“It’s about 100 miles east of San Francisco.”
100 miles too far east.
Note Mt St Helens in 1980 down in lower left corner at 0.25 CK{cubic kilometers} (VEI=5 each step in the scale representing an explosivity increase of 10X) and Pinatubo in 1991 at 5 CK (VEI=7).
Long Valley 580 CK of dense rock last major eruption - small as super volcanoes go. Ash thickness at 16 kilometers = at least several meters.
Wah Wah Springs, Utah - 30,000,000 years ago 5,500 CK at estimated VEI of 8
It happened in 535 ad, maybe twice, once in Indonesia and once in Mexico.
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They are not known to be super volcano eruptions - large but not as big as once thought.
DRIVING TIMES and DISTANCES
Bakersfield - 4.5 hours - 260 miles
Death Valley - 4 hours - 214 miles
Fresno - 4 hours - 200 miles - 6.5* hours - 357 miles
Las Vegas - 5.5 hours - 377 miles
Los Angeles - 5.5 hours - 325 miles
Reno - 3 hours - 164 miles
Sacramento - 5 hours - 290 miles
San Diego - 6.5 hours - 400 miles
San Francisco - 5.5 hours - 300 miles - 7* hours - 360 miles
Santa Barbara - 6.5 hours - 376 miles
Tioga Pass - 0.75 hours - 45 miles (*Hwy.120 closed in winter)
Yosemite Valley - 2.5 hours - 100 miles (*Hwy.120 closed in winter)
And pyroclastic flows usually don't take the highway.
Can I find this written in comprehensible English?
Ever Simple English will work.
Is it possible to drill into magma to release it in less explosive events? I know it is deep, but the alternative is not a good one.
June Lake Loop is one of the prettiest areas. Too bad it’s in CA.
Pile up ice on it.
In what way?
Spent many vacations hiking and fishing up there and Reds Meadow, Devils Post-pile. Fond memories.
For years I’ve dreamed of Kalifornia slipping into the sea.And IIRC Steeley Dan as as well!
I saw a list of super volcano eruptions and the most recent one was Taupo in New Zealand around 23,000 years ago.
Quick, put a mask on it.
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