Horrible Today: Live Footage of Geyser Yellowstone Erupts threaten lives of visitor At National Park
The superheated groundwater there could erupt with the force of an atomic bomb. Yellowstone National Park is famous for its bubbling hot springs and steaming geysers. These hydrothermal wonders are powered by a cauldron of partially molten rock deep underground. It holds enough boiling magma to build several Mount Everests.
Yellowstone’s last eruption was 70,000 years ago. If it were to erupt again, vast areas could be buried under lava. Most scientists think that’s unlikely, at least for the next few thousand years. But there’s another serious danger lurking — one that’s more sudden and dangerous than lava. To understand its destructive power, it helps to know what happened a decade ago on Japan’s Mount Ontake.
