Yellowstone's Quiet Power

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Sitting on a tripod a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna powered by portable solar-energy panels measures gradual movements of Earths crust in Hot Springs Basin Yellowstone National Park Wyoming. University of Utah researchers have published 17 ...
Sitting on a tripod, a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna, powered by portable solar-energy panels, measures gradual movements of Earth's crust in Hot Springs Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. University of Utah researchers have published 17 years worth of GPS data showing how a giant plume of hot and molten rock beneath Yellowstone shapes the landscape of the park and a wide area around it. Credit: Jamie Farrell, University of Utah

A 17-year University of Utah study of ground movements shows that the power of the huge volcanic hotspot beneath Yellowstone National Park is much greater than previously thought during times when the giant volcano is slumbering.


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