The Future Danger of Several Mile Explosion Craters Forming in Yellowstone

Looking around Yellowstone there are a group of several thousand to several mile wide explosion craters which formed in explosions equivalent in energy to a several hundred kiloton blast of TNT. Known as hydrothermal craters, 16 of these formed in the last 14,000 years. Until recently, the trigger of these explosions remained a mystery. However, a recent paper by L. Morgan and others has found a strong link between strong magnitude earthquakes within Yellowstone Lake and powerful explosions. This video will discuss this link, and the future implications it has on the National Park. If you would like to support this channel, consider becoming a patron at Another way to support this channel is to make an order via our gemstone and geology related etsy store at . This channel’s merch store is also on etsy at . Graphics of eruption dates are courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsoni