Wyoming and Montana: Yellowstone National Park
Established in 1872 and located primarily in Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park was the world’s first national park. Yellowstone spans almost 3,500 miles, and extends into parts of Montana and Idaho, making it one of the largest national parks in the US. Yellowstone National Park is situated over a supervolcano that is capable of a magnitude 8, a mega-colossal explosive eruption on the Volcano Explosivity Index. This supervolcano has only had three truly enormous eruptions in history. One occurred 2.1 million years ago, one 1.3 million years ago, and one 664,000 years ago. In September 2014, a team of scientists published a paper in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems exploring what a Yellowstone super-eruption might actually look like.
Project description
Raise your hand if you want to sense the raw power of nature in an otherwordly landscape. At Yellowstone National Park, you can’t miss the energy coming from beneath the surface here with hissing geysers, bubbling mud puddles and the colorful steaming hot springs. The delicate balance between man and nature is put to the absolute test as thongs of tourists bristle around landscape features crafted by eons of time. From bison, moose and bears freely foraging in this wonder-scape to old bacteria that give the Grand Prismatic its color, Yellowstone is alive from its micro environment to its mega structures.
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