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Thread started 07/15/14 4:26pm

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Road Melts at Yellowstone Park

i really, really, really really, really don't want this thing to blow up. ever. again neutral

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/15/travel/yellowstone-road-melting/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Road melts at Yellowstone National Park

By Katia Hetter, CNN
updated 7:02 PM EDT, Tue July 15, 2014

Extreme heat from thermal features at Yellowstone National Park, created by the active volcano below the park, caused oil to bubble on a road surface Wednesday and damage it.

A road in Yellowstone National Park simmers in the heat of underground thermal features.
A road in Yellowstone National Park simmers in the heat of underground thermal features.

Park crews had to close and repair the 3.3-mile loop road that takes visitors past White Dome Geyser, Great Fountain Geyser and Firehole Lake.

Yellowstone: Our first national park

Road melts at Yellowstone National Park

Blame it on the Yellowstone Volcano.

Yellowstone National Park -- a UNESCO World Heritage Site -- sits atop one of the world's largest volcanoes, and some of the thermal spots have damaged the popular Firehole Lake Drive. The park features over 10,000 thermal spots, about half the world's known thermal spots.

Yellowstone: One of the first UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Although the volcano is active -- evidenced by the thermal features and 1,000 to 3,000 earthquakes annually -- park officials don't expect a catastrophic eruption anytime in the next 1,000 or even 10,000 years.

Yellowstone's first supervolcanic eruption occurred 2.1 million years ago, and there were other Yellowstone supereruptions 1.3 million and 640,000 years ago.

The park has instruments monitoring the volcano throughout the park, and there would be plenty of warning -- weeks or even months -- if an eruption were going to occur.

In the meantime, enjoy the park! Maintenance crews quickly repaired the road, and it was reopened to visitors Saturday.

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Reply #1 posted 07/15/14 8:31pm

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Wow.

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Reply #2 posted 07/16/14 2:12am

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Wasn't this what the movie 2012 was about? (I haven't seen it.)
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Reply #3 posted 07/16/14 11:27am

Cinny

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I've been there, as a baby tourist! smile

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Reply #4 posted 07/16/14 2:29pm

Genesia

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Nature bats last. shrug

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Reply #5 posted 07/17/14 6:55am

PurpleJedi

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eek

By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
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Reply #6 posted 07/17/14 3:45pm

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when it eventually goes boom! north america will become largely uninhabitable sad

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Reply #7 posted 07/23/14 7:32pm

jon1967

Been there its a creepy and beautiful place. Surprised what lies beneath hasnt blown us all to smithereenies by now.
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Reply #8 posted 07/26/14 6:56am

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^ we're all doomed! DOOMED i tell you!!!! eek smile

then again, this planet has been destroying species through volcanic eruptions for billions of years. so look on the bright side, when yellowstone blows it'll just be business as usual thumbs up! wink eek

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