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Magma expanse under Yellowstone supervolcano more vast than thought
cnn.com ^ | 4/24/2015 | Ben Brumfield

Posted on 04/24/2015 10:34:31 AM PDT by rktman

As tourists stroll between Yellowstone's 300 active geysers, taking selfies in front of thousands of bubbling, boiling mud pots and hissing steam vents, they are treading on one of the planet's greatest time bombs.

The park is a supervolcano so enormous, it has puzzled geophysicists for decades, but now a research group, using seismic technology to scan its depths, have made a bombshell discovery.

Yellowstone's magma reserves are many magnitudes greater than previously thought, say scientists from the University of Utah.

Underneath the national park's attractions and walking paths is enough hot rock to fill the Grand Canyon nearly 14 times over. Most of it is in a newly discovered magma reservoir, which the scientists featured in a study published on Thursday in the journal Science.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: ruhroh; volcano
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To: HiTech RedNeck

It’s not snark. It’s a simple statement of fact.

Fear God and there’s no need to fear nature.

Abandon the fear of God and nature will end up being the least of your worries.


61 posted on 04/24/2015 4:06:40 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance

You got that right.


62 posted on 04/24/2015 4:07:29 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Jeb Bush makes John McCain look like Barry Goldwater.)
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To: Arthur McGowan

WHAT! Only 200 degrees? I coulda sworn algore said it was millions of degress at the earth’s core. Not so worried now. :>}


63 posted on 04/24/2015 4:19:37 PM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: rktman

They know it is going to blow. Why else would they be going after Hillary at such a rapid pace? Nothing to lose.


64 posted on 04/24/2015 6:21:34 PM PDT by TBall
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To: Augie

Not just yet.

Did that govt grant come thru?


65 posted on 04/24/2015 6:26:32 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: rktman

A HUGH ‘PlUMBING’ ISSUE?? IN JellyStone?? ROH Rohhh.


66 posted on 04/24/2015 7:18:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: EternalVigilance

No it’s snark. You evoke it as the specific threat and you cannot dodge that. Sorry! Confess.


67 posted on 04/24/2015 8:15:07 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I have no idea what you’re talking about.


68 posted on 04/24/2015 8:17:46 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If they're not deporting them, they intend to amnesty them. Take it to the bank.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Of course you don’t — you shoot off your mouth in a nonsensical manner and then act stunned when you find it wrote a check the bible cannot cash.


69 posted on 04/24/2015 8:19:09 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Wow.


70 posted on 04/24/2015 8:27:04 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If they're not deporting them, they intend to amnesty them. Take it to the bank.)
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To: familyop
"So where’s the ash and cinder buildup from a previous eruption? Where’s the cone?"

The "Lava Creek eruption," 640,000 yrs ago, sent ash all the way to Texas.

71 posted on 04/24/2015 9:21:57 PM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: rktman

That reminds me: In the core of the Sun, how much power is generated by one cubic meter of material?

Answer: 45 Watts.


72 posted on 04/24/2015 9:40:11 PM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: familyop

It blew up! Seriously. It’s not like the ones in Hawaii. Those cinder cones develop over time from small eruptions and spewing of ash and magma.

Whenever we drive through Yellowstone I stop on the west rim of the ancient crater (caldera) and explain it to the kids - you can’t see the other side of the crater. The park is inside of the crater.

The ash from the last time was tens of feet thick and extended to Kansas and beyond. When it happens again, it would probably end humanity I’m guessing. Well, at least civilized humanity. No crops throughout the world for a few years would do that.


73 posted on 04/24/2015 9:49:25 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: 21twelve; familyop

Had to check my ash thickness. Tens of inches - not feet! Still - enough to wipe out existing crops, and more importantly the global cooling that would happen for many years afterwards.


74 posted on 04/24/2015 10:03:08 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: Marcella

Texas. Sort of far away from Yellowstone.

But if it goes big-time, and looks like the end of the world (as we know it) then the first thing to do is eat all the ice cream.

75 posted on 04/24/2015 10:05:06 PM PDT by BlueDragon (...slicing through the bologna like Belushi at a Samurai Delicatessen...)
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To: Marcella

It is interesting to read about.....


76 posted on 04/24/2015 10:10:12 PM PDT by caww
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To: rktman

VISIT YELLOWSTONE BEFORE IT”S GONE! /s


77 posted on 04/24/2015 10:24:56 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Arthur McGowan

“one cubic meter of material?”... Gingham or silk? :>}


78 posted on 04/25/2015 6:47:56 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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To: BlueDragon

“Texas. Sort of far away from Yellowstone.”

I thought that, too, until some time ago, I researched what would happen to the country if Yellowstone erupted and saw the map of the country and where the ash would go - unfortunately, Texas would also be covered with ash, plus the ash in the atmosphere would cover the whole earth and blot out the sun, so nothing could be grown for a very long time.

It would be a death sentence for our Earth. People would either die instantly or later from breathing ash (clogging up our lungs) or not having water as ash in water would shut down (clog up) water delivery systems plus starve to death since plants would die from no sun.

It makes one think when that catastrophe is in this country, just waiting to explode.


79 posted on 04/25/2015 8:01:22 AM PDT by Marcella (TED CRUZ Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Marcella

Yeah. It makes one wonder, though I wonder more about when, as the Earth travels along with the Sun, as the Sun rides along -- what is it -- a bit more than half-way or perhaps 2/3 of the way out from the center of the galaxy(?) we will eventually come across a debris field which has angular momentum contrary to our own (and the Sun's).

Ground explodes and portion of the planet turn inside out-- sky falls -- what's the diff?

Goodbye to electricity grid, hence --- first thing -- eat all the ice cream.

Although doing that may make a person bloated about the mid-section thus making it difficult to 'assume the position' (tuck one's head firmly between the knees and kiss the 'sweet bippy' goodbye) it would scarcely matter?

At least perfectly good ice-cream wouldn't go to waste? Oh wait, it could be Blue Bell. (my bad).

80 posted on 04/25/2015 8:56:28 AM PDT by BlueDragon (...slicing through the bologna like Belushi at a Samurai Delicatessen...)
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