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Caldera Chronicles

Caldera Chronicles

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

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Caldera Chronicles

Caldera Chronicles

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

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Schematic showing magma storage beneath Yellowstone caldera as colored shapes

An Electromagnetic View of How Magma is Stored beneath Yellowstone

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Caldera Chronicles

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Shaded relief map of the Yellowstone region showing earthquakes during the year 2024 as red dots

Looking back on geological activity in Yellowstone during 2024

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Schematic sketch map of mountain ranges and valleys that might have existed in Yellowstone before 2.2 million years ago

What did Yellowstone look like before it became Wonderland?

Featured Films and Shorts
Biscuit Basin Update, Hydrothermal Explosion on July 23, 2024

Biscuit Basin Hydrothermal Explosion Update (Yellowstone Monthly Update — October 2024)

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A small snake extends out from tall green grass over a stream.

Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park’s Thermal Basins

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View from the SE rim of McDermitt caldera, Nevada and Oregon, showing rhyolite lavas overlain by thin outflow McDermitt Tuff in the south wall of the caldera

McDermitt caldera: An early caldera of the Yellowstone hotspot track

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Black and white photo of water and steam bursting into the air. The foreground is flat, and the background is forested.

The explosive story of Excelsior Geyser

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Lake shore with some submerged trees. Mountains in the background.

What Have We Learned Since the 2020 Stanley, Idaho, Earthquake?

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black bulbous rock sample on white tubing resting on a barren, pale, sandy surface

The case of the missing cinders

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Hebgen Lake fault scarp in 1959

60 years since the 1959 M7.3 Hebgen Lake earthquake: its history and effects on the Yellowstone region

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Map showing ice cover in the Yellowstone region

Yellowstone's icy past

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Cumulative number of located earthquakes for various areas in 1992 showing effect of Landers (California) earthquake.

Will the southern California earthquakes cause Yellowstone to erupt? Spoiler alert: no.

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Crater Lake a deep blue surrounded by the rocky caldera sides. Part of Wizard Island on the left of photo.

Caldera or crater…what’s the difference?

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A brass-disk benchmark set in the top of a concrete post. Mark is stamped "C9 1923 7337.580"

Benchmarking benchmarks

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WSGS logo...

Partners in geologic hazards—YVO and the Wyoming State Geological Survey

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David Drobeck, University of Utah...

A tribute to an unsung hero of Yellowstone—Dave Drobeck (1960–2018)

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Schematic illustration showing the 1912 Novarupta eruption in Alaska and the caldera collapse at Mount Katmai

Recent caldera collapses captured by volcano monitoring networks provide insights on the collapse of the Yellowstone caldera

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Plot showing frequency of rhyolite eruptions in the Yellowstone region over the past 1.3 million years

So, when will the next eruption at Yellowstone happen?

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Cross-section through the Old Faithful area showing the location of hydrothermal tremor with depth over time

A new view of Old Faithful's underground plumbing system

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This is a chart of vertical deformation at GPS station WLWY during 2001-2018

Taking advantage of learning opportunities at Yellowstone

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View looking northeastward across Long Valley Caldera to Glass Mountain

Caldera systems—a worldwide family that is more than just Yellowstone!

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The Bandelier Tuff near Los Alamos, New Mexico

New Mexico’s answer to Yellowstone: The geological story of Valles Caldera

Presentations and Events
Swimming Pools at Yellowstone?

Swimming Pools at Yellowstone? (Yellowstone Monthly Update - June 2024)

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This is an airborne thermal infrared image of a portion of Norris Geyser Basin.

Studying Yellowstone's thermal areas from the air

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River levels and vertical deformation of Yellowstone caldera during 2016–2022

A deformation update for Yellowstone caldera—October 2023 edition

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Steamboat Geyser in the steam-phase of an eruption on June 4, 2018,...

Yellowstone — the year 2018 in review

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A barren plain with some colorful water marking occasional springs amidst white ground. Trees in the distance. Blue sky.

A tour of Norris Geyser Basin’s backcountry thermal areas

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Aerial view of new thermal area near Tern Lake, Yellowstone.

Yellowstone—the year 2019 in review

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