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Posted on 12/13/2013 6:20:25 PM PST by TroutGuy
The supervolcano that lies beneath Yellowstone National Park in the US is far larger than was previously thought, scientists report.
A study shows that the magma chamber is about 2.5 times bigger than earlier estimates suggested.
A team found the cavern stretches for more than 90km (55 miles) and contains 200-600 cubic km of molten rock.
The findings are being presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.
Prof Bob Smith, from the University of Utah, said: “We’ve been working there for a long time, and we’ve always thought it would be bigger... but this finding is astounding."
If the Yellowstone supervolcano were to blow today, the consequences would be catastrophic.
The last major eruption, which occurred 640,000 years ago, sent ash across the whole of North America, affecting the planet’s climate.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
“WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE!!”
...Episode 6,342,938.
LOL!
Adam and Eve were created as fully formed adults, not babies. The earth could have been created the same way. Not saying creation was exactly 6000 years ago, but God is not limited by our puny speculation
Well, that would answer the questions about the birth certificate once and for all.
An even more troubling spot is in Africa’s Great Rift Valley where a 500 Cubic Mile magma chamber his been discovered. The Rift Valley is one of the most active and continually active zones in the world. The existence of this chamber complicates the usual definition of a rift and may lend some further possibilities to such as the Deccan and Siberian traps.
Everyone left in Wyoming, Idaho and everywhere else east of that region, should get out as fast as possible.
That is a truly amazing drive.
The drive from W.Yellowstone to Ashton can be hairy in the Winter.
That’s an interesting theory.
In a storm like the recent cold snap, a lot of it was likely closed, at least temporarily.
The EArth is a giant Civil Engineering Project.
See "Restaurant at the end of the Universe", et. al.
Are you kin to Sheila Jackson Lee?
Hubby and I were watching a rerun of that made for tv movie while I was in labor with my oldest daughter.
The nurses thought we were such geeks.
Studded tires help, IMHO.
One thing about volcanoes— they never listen.
Not according to traditional believers in our newest state. Pele, the volcano god, can be appeased. Find the most important Hawaiian you can and feed him to the volcano.
What are you implying????
(knowing full well what you are implying)
Romans 8:19-23
This passage is from the Holy Bible. It gives more hope than the one you quote. - However, it would appear that we have a great deal to experience before this hope materializes; and yet, behold He cometh quickly as a thief in the night. Be ye, therefore, ready.
What is? The idea that Yellowstone sits on a volcanic hot spot?
Makes some sense of Yellowstone as it exists today.
Well, deeper magma is typically basaltic. When it rises and mixes with continental crust it becomes more granitic/rhyolitic (silica enriched).
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