Steam rises from Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park (file photo).
Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic
VIDEO AT LINK..............
Posted on 01/20/2011 5:52:54 AM PST by Red Badger
Steam rises from Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park (file photo).
Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic
VIDEO AT LINK..............
Yellowstone is one of the most remarkable and wonderful places I’ve ever been.
Let’s hope it stays that way...............
The fact the magma is able to force the territory above it up is good; otherwise it has no place to go to while the presssure builds to the point it would explode.
We plan on visiting for the first time in late spring.....were in the area the first of last August and fully intended to tour, but “Sturgis” kicked in a week early, so we diverted - knowing we’d have never found lodging between there and the Black Hills.
Is that magma in Yellowstone’s pocket, or is it happy to see us?
scary stuff. lovely picture!
Is it time to put down a lot of Geothermal wells and tap the heat?
it should keep swelling till 12/21/2012....then watch out.
Indeed. Great article. Makes me breathe a little easier!
Just a reminder from the LandLord; ‘We are just renting our space on His planet’.
Of course the ground is going to swell, because as you should all know that the center of the earth is “several million degrees”
Not sure I'd be all that excited to starting pin-pricking a caldera of that magnitude.
Yellowstone is at it again.
Just warming up for 2012...
Ten inches doesn’t sound like much, but when you are talking about CUBIC MILES of rock rising ten inches, that’s a hell of a lot of energy.
Beautiful, but scary. It seems a bit crazy to me to live anywhere near it.
"Scientists think a swelling magma reservoir four to six miles (seven to ten kilometers) below the surface is driving the uplift. Fortunately, the surge doesn't seem to herald an imminent catastrophe, Smith said. (Related: "Under Yellowstone, Magma Pocket 20 Percent Larger Than Thought.")"
but a .00000000001 % increase in a degree of temperature (obviously a sarcastically exagerated number), or PPM carbon dioxide and they're ready to call out the brown shirts to catch people burning trash in their own back yard.
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