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<\/a>Snake River in Yellowstone looking towards Grand Teton<\/p><\/div>\n
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Yellowstone was the first national park in the world, and sits on the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest\u00a0super-volcano\u00a0in North America. \u00a0It is considered active and, based on previous cases, is actually past-due to erupt again.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Firehole Lake Drive<\/p><\/div>\n
To give a sense of scale, Mount St. Helens left a crater of approximately 2 square miles when it last erupted. \u00a0Yellowstone Caldera is 1500 square miles. \u00a0When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, its ash was\u00a0detectable\u00a0over 20,000 square miles away. \u00a0The last eruption of Yellowstone (considered a smaller eruption), ejected 8,000 times the ash and lava of St. Helens.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Old Faithful Geyser erupting<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Firehole Lake Drive, Yellowstone<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Continued on to Yellowstone after Grand Teton. \u00a0Given the park is over 3,000 sq. miles and extends into three states, I only traveled through a small portion of it. \u00a0While I was surprised to find much of the park a … Continue reading