Yellowstone: a sleeping geyser woke up in the caldera, second largest in the world

Yellowstone: the sleeping geyser, the second largest in the world, woke up in the calderaA photo from open sources

After a serious earthquake in Montana, which occurred 5-6 July of this year, the whole world, including the Americans, with the exception of Of course, affected by the elements, switched to the summit G20 in Hamburg. About the danger of Yellowstone supervolcano forgot, just this, of course, somehow moved to the second plan.

And in vain: it is still unknown what is more important for the world? Territory Yellowstone Park constantly reminds itself of vibrations soil, sensitive offshocks and gas emissions. For instance, the drinking water infrastructure and even transporting it, because the constant vibrations of the soil create all kinds of problems. For example, the other day the son of a local huntsman suddenly found that a lake had formed on the site of the usual stream an area of ​​20 acres (8 hectares) and a depth of 10 meters, and most importantly – this pond continues to grow …

The most significant and even, one might say, landmark event for Yellowstone Park has become an awakening in the caldera of the volcano Giant Geyser – the second largest in the world. Ok that he very huge, this geyser is also completely unpredictable: he had previously slept for hundreds of years, but in 2008 he suddenly woke up in the next two years “pleased” the seismologists with another frightening eruptions (its last emission was recorded on January 22, 2010 of the year).

And on July 7, 2017, the Giant Geyser again earned on full power. Therefore one does not have to be a great scientist or even adept to understand: this valve only works when excess pressure and temperature, speaks of awakening Yellowstone Super Volcano …

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