[chance33_98]

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/ Yellowstone Volcano Observatory

[Happy2BMe]

"In July, 2003, Yellowstone Park rangers closed the entire Norris Geyser Basin because of deformation of the land and excessive high ground temperatures. There is an area that is 28 miles long by 7 miles wide that has bulged upward over five inches since 1996, and this year the ground temperature on that bulge has reached over 200 degrees (measured one inch below ground level)."

Holy LAVA FLOWS BATMAN!

If you check the Park Service's map - Lo and Behold - the Norris Geyser basin is COMPLETELY removed from any photos or info - it has in fact been closed!

Wil she blow "easterly" or "westerly?"

Sure gonna have an impcat on California strawberries.

Yellowstone map site

"During the month of November 2003, 56 earthquakes were located in the Yellowstone region. The largest shock to occur during this report period was a magnitude 2.2 earthquake on November 20th at 14:26 UTC, located about 8.3 miles south southwest of Madison Junction, Wyoming.

Earthquake activity in the Yellowstone region is at background levels."

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Cool site. Here's a quote from one of the links there:

There is no evidence that magma beneath the enormous Yellowstone caldera is directly involved in the recent changes at Norris or Nymph Lake. Though magma as shallow as 3-6 miles beneath Norris does provide the heat for the geothermal system, the current activity is very unlikely to reflect magma ascent or increased likelihood of volcanism at Yellowstone Park. If magma were to rise to shallow levels beneath the ground it would be accompanied by intense swarms of local earthquakes and extensive displacement (deformation) of the ground surface around Norris. Thus far, caldera-wide seismicity and ground deformation have remained at typical background levels beneath Yellowstone and Norris.