Are we blessed or cursed to have more than one super volcano in America?
The Yellowstone Caldera has been recently in the news because of a high level of micro earthquake activity. The official word is, that the EQ's don't mean anything. As a person with some experience in volcanology I know that is a lie. We are yet again suffering the 'Dante's Peak' Syndrome, where local officials don't want the tourists to be scared off.
Denver is the largest city in the 'danger zone' for Yellowstone.
I used to tell my student here, 'if you see a large cloud to the NW, be very afraid!'
A third continental US Volcano is classed as a super volcano. We'll meet that one next month.
From my very old print fujifilm ISO 400, 1981, and my first camera, my Minolta SRT-SCII that was stolen when I was in graduate school.
Such a great article it was which
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