More on the #Yellowstone #hydrothermal_explosion from Mike Poland at the #USGS...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjhJF9EtZEk

In my PhD work, we documented the ecological impacts of #hydrothermal_explosion events in #Yellowstone that were significantly larger than the one yesterday in Biscuit Basin. About 13,000 years ago, Mary Bay on the north shore of Yellowstone lake was formed by the largest hydrothermal explosion known in world history, blanketing >390 km2 in debris. Yellowstone experience large hydrothermal explosions about once every 1000 years.

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Compare yesterday's #hydrothermal_explosion with the frequent explosions that occurred in at Excelsior Geyser between 1878 and 1881. These frequent explosions were documented by F Jay Haynes photographs.

#Yellowstone #geology

The images coming out of the #hydrothermal_explosion in #Yellowstone yesterday are so dramatic! Grateful that no one was hurt, but the #USGS is right when they say that this was a small explosion! Large hydrothermal explosions occurred in Yellowstone's distant past...

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/23/nx-s1-5049944/hydrothermal-explosion-yellowstone-national-park

https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans-public/notice/DOI-USGS-YVO-2024-07-23T19:18:45+00:00