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  2. Yellowstone Caldera - Wikipedia

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    The Yellowstone Caldera, sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Western United States. The caldera and most of the park are located in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming. The caldera measures 43 by 28 miles (70 by 45 kilometers), and postcaldera ...

  3. Yellowstone eruption: What happened at Biscuit Basin ... - AOL

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    The Biscuit Basin thermal area in Yellowstone National Park is temporarily after a hydrothermal explosion occurred Tuesday July 23, 2024.

  4. Lava Creek Tuff - Wikipedia

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    Lava Creek Tuff. The Lava Creek Tuff is a voluminous sheet of ash-flow tuff located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, United States. It was created during the Lava Creek eruption around 630,000 years ago, which led to the formation of the Yellowstone Caldera. This eruption is considered the climactic event of Yellowstone's third volcanic cycle.

  5. Yellowstone hotspot - Wikipedia

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    44°26′N 110°40′W  /  44.43°N 110.67°W  / 44.43; -110.67. The Yellowstone hotspot is a volcanic hotspot in the United States responsible for large scale volcanism in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Wyoming, formed as the North American tectonic plate moved over it. It formed the eastern Snake River Plain through a succession ...

  6. Surprise blast of rock, water and steam in Yellowstone sends ...

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    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A surprise eruption in Yellowstone National Park shot steam, water and dark-colored rock and dirt high into the sky Tuesday and sent sightseers running for safety.. The ...

  7. Updated July 24, 2024 at 8:38 AM. Visitors ran for safety at Yellowstone National Park after a hydrothermal explosion sent rock and steam spewing into the air north of the Old Faithful geyser ...

  8. Yellowstone fires of 1988 - Wikipedia

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    The Yellowstone fires of 1988 collectively formed the largest wildfire in the recorded history of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Starting as many smaller individual fires, the flames quickly spread out of control due to drought conditions and increasing winds, combining into several large conflagrations which burned for several months.

  9. Yellowstone supervolcano may be only decades from a ...

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