It is suspected that a supereruption from one of the 20 known supervolcanoes has. What would happen if the yellowstone supervolcano actually. In fact, the probability of any such event occurring at yellowstone within the next few. A supervolcano dvd containing the twopart factual drama and the behindthescenes documentary supervolcano. The caldera eruptions caused by the hot spot presently beneath ynp. Tv channels showed a new factual drama produced by the bbc and the discovery channel and titled supervolcano. Response to the real truth about yellowstone supervolcano. Directly following supervolcano, a twoepisode documentary reveals the cuttingedge research that informed the drama. Yellowstone supervolcano could explode with devastating hydrothermal eruption the yellowstone supervolcano could be set for a devastating hydrothermal eruption, a. Yellowstone national park is the caldera of a massive supervolcano which has erupted a few times before and this video suggests that it could blow its top at any time.
Jun 15, 2017 in the spring of 2006, a bbc science and discovery channel docudrama called supervolcano was followed by the documentary, supervolcano. This means the volume of deposits for that eruption is greater than 1,000 cubic kilometers 240 cubic miles. I watched the twopart super volcano documentary i think it was by bbc and. Michael riley, gary lewis, shaun johnston, adrian holmes, jennifer copping, rebecca jenkins. Water from rain and snowmelt, much of it centuriesold, percolates through cracks in the earths crust until. The truth about yellowstone tv movie 2005 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as minor. Jun 28, 2017 a ticking time bomb called yellowstone. The real truth about yellowstone supervolcano newsblaze news. With michael riley, gary lewis, shaun johnston, adrian holmes. Scientists have tracked the ash fall from yellowstones three previous supereruptions and believe the next one could unleash 1 000 cubic kilometres of ash 1 000 times more than the eruption. Ive spent a fair amount of time in close study of volcanoes and volcanic activity, and, while it is possible the seismic activity is a precursor to some sort of. Jun 01, 2017 supervolcano under yellowstone is twice as large as previously thought.
The truth about yellowstone is available in the bbc shop and stores nationwide. The volcanic system beneath yellowstone is huge and may one day cause a super. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of. Underneath is a volcano so large it is possibly what made the dinosaurs go extinct. It is centered on the speculated and potential eruption of the volcanic caldera of yellowstone national park. Geologists believe yellowstones last supereruption took place about 631,000 years ago. The power of a supervolcano archaeologists working in orchard, nebraska, found hundreds of fossilised prehistoric animals that were killed by ash from a volcanic eruption. How nasa might stop a supervolcano eruption in yellowstone. Overall, there have been at least 25 significant earthquakes at yellowstone national park since thursday, but it is the 4.
Supervolcano under yellowstone is twice as large as previously thought. Beneath the spectacular beauty of yellowstone national park lies a supervolcano thats overdue for its next eruption. When you subscribe to the oil city news daily download. However, there is one particular conspiracy, treasured by theorists, that our impending doom will come from within planet earth that lurking beneath americas yellowstone national park is a supervolcano that will kill us all. Docudrama movie supervolcano by bbc and discovery channel. Scientists have discovered that the yellowstone magma pocket is close to the size when the supervolcano last erupted, 640,000 years ago. In 2005, bbc and the discovery channel produced a docudrama and documentary about yellowstone called supervolcano.
Documentary assessing the active supervolcano in yellowstone national park. What would an eruption of the yellowstone supervolcano look. Lowenstern is scientistincharge of the yellowstone volcano observatory yvo, which monitors the yellowstone caldera. On sunday, the worst earthquake in about 30 years rattled the yellowstone supervolcano. The truth exposing the truth one story at a time menu.
The first fallacy is that the yellowstone supervolcano is the only known supervolcano on earth. The programme goes behind the scenes to reveal the. The supervolcano under yellowstone could erupt faster than. The yellowstone supervolcano, or, is yellowstone about to. Fictional yellowstone the movies national park service. Yellowstone is a park, but its also the deadliest volcano on earth. Supervolcano is a 2005 britishcanadian disaster television film that originally aired on march 2005 on bbc one, and released by the bbc on 10 april 2005 on the discovery channel. See dramatic scenes from the programmes and download desktop wallpaper for your. Does supervolcano under yellowstone have planetkilling. Meet the experts who monitor the behaviour of the yellowstone supervolcano. Dont look for a superproduction disaster movie like deep impact. Supervolcano yellowstone movie full 2 hours youtube. Get a terrifying peek at the supervolcano beneath yellowstone park and its potential to change life as we know it. The story proposes that it could be argued its overdue for another eruption and describes what would happen if it did.
Beneath americas fourth mostvisited national park, the apocalypse waits. If the supervolcano underneath yellowstone national park ever had another massive eruption, it could spew ash for thousands of miles across the united states, damaging buildings, smothering crops. Meet the experts who monitor the behaviour of the yellowstone supervolcano, who face the awesome responsibility of predicting when the next supereruption might next take place and advising on what will happen when it does. Yellowstone national park is an american national park located in the western united states, with parts in wyoming, montana and idaho. The term seems to have been popularized first in a bbc program years ago. For the real facts, we went straight to an expert, jake lowenstern of the u. A bbcdocumentary 2005 about the yellowstone supervolcano. A volcanic eruption in yellowstone national park leads to a devastating natural disaster. Yes, commentators can be negative and doura typical problem with documentaries. Whats the truth about the yellowstone supervolcano. Then back in june, the yellowstone supervolcano was rocked by over 450 small earthquakes within the same week. With alisdair simpson, bill mcguire, jake lowenstern, steve sparks. Yellowstone supervolcano revealed yellowstone forever. Yellowstone supervolcano could explode with devastating.
It is worth noting that in 2004 the yellowstone caldera began a period of accelerated uplift measured by gps instruments that was as large as 7cmyr, three times as fast as recorded in recorded history, but now has reduced to about a maximun rate of 4cmyr. Congress and signed into law by president ulysses s. They face the awesome responsibility of predicting when the next supereruption might next take place and advising on what will happen when it does. However, there is one particular conspiracy, treasured by theorists, that our impending doom will come from within planet earth that lurking beneath americas yellowstone national park is a supervolcano that will kill us all yellowstone, in the midwestern us, is they claim about to erupt and send unfathomable amounts of matter into the sky, covering anyone in the vicinity in a. Dec 15, 2014 if the supervolcano underneath yellowstone national park ever had another massive eruption, it could spew ash for thousands of miles across the united states, damaging buildings, smothering crops. Theres a supervolcano under yellowstone, capable of shooting 1,000 cubic kilometers of rock and ash into the air.
Its crater is a immense 45 miles across, and beneath it lies a bubbling cauldron of. In the spring of 2006, a bbc science and discovery channel docudrama called supervolcano was followed by the documentary, supervolcano. The supervolcano hidden beneath yellowstone is so vast, it can only be fully seen from lowearth orbit. Licensed to youtube by adrev for a 3rd party on behalf of bbc production music. The caldera and most of the park are located in the northwest corner of wyoming. Supervolcano read about the programmes, including the behind the scenes documentary supervolcano. The caldera eruptions caused by the hot spot presently beneath ynp are not the only supervolcanic eruptions known. As you might guess from the title, the film revolves around a super volcano in this case, the yellowstone caldera that lies just underneath yellowstone national park. Meet the experts who monitor the behaviour of the yellowstone supervolcano, who face the awesome responsibility of predicting when the next supereruption might next take place and.
Then, witness the worldwide effects of this cataclysmic eruption, which experts predict will produce energy equivalent to the detonation of 1,000 nuclear bombs. Its called the yellowstone supervolcano and this is an up to date warning. The volcanic system beneath yellowstone is huge and may one day cause a supersized eruption of ash and lava, as it has in the past. Think of yellowstone as a gigantic pressure cooker, fueled by a massive supervolcano. Supervolcano is a 2005 docudrama film that originally aired on bbc one and the discovery channel. For all of its doomsday atmosphere, supervolcano may just be the best thing thats happened to yellowstone free publicity and lots of it. The yellowstone caldera is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in yellowstone national park in the western united states, sometimes referred to as the yellowstone supervolcano. Yellowstone is one of a small number of active supervolcanoes. The truth about the yellowstone supervolcano and effects it. See how recent signals of activity have put scientists on high alert. Whats the truth about the yellowstone supervolcano doomsday. Changes in yellowstone national park may be signs of the overdue eruption of a super volcano underneath the park.
Yellowstone, in the midwestern us, is they claim about to erupt and send unfathomable amounts of matter into the. Below, yellowstone volcano observatory scientists answer questions that arose after this program aired that relate to supervolcanoes, volcanic hazards, and yellowstone. The yellowstone supervolcano is a topic surrounded by much curiosity andsometimesspeculation. This wasnt the first fictional movie filmed in the park, that honor belongs to heart of the.
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