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Parts Of Yellowstone National Park Closed After Massive Supervolcano Beneath It Melts Roads – Is Yellowstone About To Splode Ushering In An Ice Age For The USA?

Monday, July 14, 2014 7:25
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grand prismatic mineral deposit at yellowstone national park via ynp flickr

 

 

“There are plenty of other great places to see thermal features in the park,” park spokesman Al Nash told The Weather Channel. “I wouldn’t risk personal injury to see these during this temporary closure.”

 

It is not known when the road, which services the three million people who visit the park every year, will be reopened.

 

The last time the supervolcano beneath Yellowstone actually erupted was 640,000 years ago, U.S. Geological Survey records show.

 

Late last year, geologists discovered that the supervolcano was more than twice as large as previously thought.

 

“We found it to be about two-and-a-half times larger than we thought,” the University of Utah’s James Farrell told National Geographic. “That’s not to say it’s getting any bigger,” he added, “just that our ability to see it is getting better.”

 

[Great Geyser at Yellowstone National Park via yellowstonenps on Flickr]

 

Source: RAWSTORY

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