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Huge chunk of Yellowstone National Park, the size of Chicago, is 'breathing' in and out due to magma trapped underneath the surface
Daily Mail ^
| 3/20/20
| Stacy Liberatore
Posted on 03/21/2020 4:21:12 PM PDT by LibWhacker
- An area at the center of the Norris Geyser Basin was found to inflate and deflate
- Experts have determined a intrusion of magma under the surface is to blame
- Magma became trapped at the top and pushed the rocks up above it
- The magma has since receded, putting the pulsating on pause for now
An area the size of Chicago in Yellowstone National Park has been inflating and deflating by several inches over the past decade
The Norris Geyser Basin, the oldest, hottest and most dynamic thermal area in the park, was observed to rise 5.9 inches each year from 2013 to 2015 - an unusual event that left researchers baffled.
Now, using satellite radar and GPS data, experts have determined the ground deformation was caused by magma intrusions trapped below the basin's surface.
As magma made its way to the surface, the pressure pushed rocks above it up and created an erratic pulsating effect, according to National Geographic.
This is the first time the scientific community has been able to track an entire episode of magma intrusion, which they say is a common occurrence throughout Yellowstone.
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To: entropy12
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:47:53 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Hi! My name is Larry, and I'm a COVID-19FearPhobicAholic. Hi Larry, welcome. We've been there.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:48:09 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Hi! My name is Larry, and I'm a COVID-19FearPhobicAholic. Hi Larry, welcome. We've been there.)
To: Bullish
Wherever I go I hope there’s rum!
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:48:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: LibWhacker
We watched “2012” the other night. Very entertaining. I wish I had seen it on the big screen, because the special effects, even on our 55” t.v., were amazing!
To: LibWhacker
We're all doomed!
REPENT!
The end of the world is upon us!
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:49:06 PM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Curse of intelligence: Having to watch the morons try everything you know won't work!)
To: Billthedrill
**How much toilet paper is this going to take?**
Won’t need any as when she blows your s#it will turn to ice water!
To: Hostage
“I think this has been known for a very long time.”
I don’t think the large pulsation has been known.
To: DoughtyOne
I’ve yet to see someone wearing their red MAGA Hat sideways....
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:51:33 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Hostage
“Is there a reason this is published now?”
Obviously, someone didn’t read the article!
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:52:05 PM PDT
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Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: LibWhacker
When Yellowstone goes, everything goes...
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:53:00 PM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: LibWhacker
“Klaatu barada nikto”
There that should do it.
52
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03/21/2020 4:53:02 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Troublemaker
Your pic looks like paradise...
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:53:09 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
Yes, one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:55:43 PM PDT
by
Hostage
(Article V)
To: LibWhacker
And we will probably have a visible Comet in the sky next month with peak brightness in May....
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posted on
03/21/2020 4:58:02 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
To: Bullish
I think it’s time to swelter in place.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:00:51 PM PDT
by
Migraine
To: Paladin2
It is - spend lots of time there. Its in the Park. (Northeastern portion)
To: TexasGator
The writeup says this is the first time magma intrusions have been tracked from beginning to end. Presumably this is due to new tech.
But I didn’t open up the source because if this particular magma intrusion was really dangerous, I would think that fact would be in the headline or first paragraph.
So correct me if I’m wrong but this writeup is about new tech allowing tracking intrusions more completely.
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posted on
03/21/2020 5:02:08 PM PDT
by
Hostage
(Article V)
To: DoughtyOne
COVID-19
Asteroids from space
Now Yellowstone
WTH is going on here Dont forget the Locust Plague.
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03/21/2020 5:10:15 PM PDT
by
voicereason
(The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
To: Hostage
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03/21/2020 5:13:55 PM PDT
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Jaded
(Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
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