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Did you know that underneath Yellowstone Nat'l Park is one of the largest SUPER VOLCANOES in the world?

"Eruptions of the Yellowstone volcanic system have included the two largest volcanic eruptions in North America in the past few million years; the third largest was at Long Valley in California and produced the Bishop ash bed. The biggest of the Yellowstone eruptions occurred 2.1 million years ago, depositing the Huckleberry Ridge ash bed. These eruptions left behind huge volcanic depressions called “calderas” and spread volcanic ash over large parts of North America (see map). If another large caldera-forming eruption were to occur at Yellowstone, its effects would be worldwide. Thick ash deposits would bury vast areas of the United States, and injection of huge volumes of volcanic gases into the atmosphere could drastically affect global climate."

"Scientists have revealed that Yellowstone Park has been on a regular eruption cycle of 600,000 years. The last eruption was 640,000 years ago…so the next is overdue." Ref: http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    yup sure do, i watched a documantry on it or was it the movie, it's pretty scarry and i'm sure glad i don't live in america cos i think when it errupts it's going to cover the majority of the US..so if u live there, good luck!

  • 2 decades ago

    Yes I did. Old Faithful is proof that volcanic activity is present in Yellowstone. There was also a program on the National Geographic channel about this.

  • 2 decades ago

    Yes, I did know that. Saw it on the Travel Channel last week. They found it through aerial photograhy images I think. Yellowstone is an awesome place to visit!

  • 2 decades ago

    Yeah there was a movie about it last year sometime. Nuclear winter by volcano... yikes!

  • 2 decades ago

    yes no

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    no it didnt

  • 2 decades ago

    yep.

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