It’s become fairly common knowledge that Yellowstone National Park, in addition to being incredibly beautiful, is sitting on top of an enormous supervolcano that catastrophically erupts every few hundred thousand years. Unlike normal volcanoes, which tend to produce large cone-shaped mountains made of ash and lava, supervolcano eruptions (defined being at least an 8 on the
  • @Ashyr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8•6 months ago

    Neat. I would have said no, given the size and scope of Yellowstone’s magma.

    Seemingly impossible tasks are no problem for the folks at JPL.

    The unspoken side effect would likely be the destruction of all the natural geysers that make Yellowstone what it is.

    • @Bread@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6•6 months ago

      Yes, but if you don’t then it could all get destroyed by one giant geyser that happens to shoot lava.

      If there is one thing humans are good at, it is doing the seemingly impossible. For better or worse.

  • @BigWheelPowerBrakeSlider@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7•6 months ago

    The geysers are really cool, and the geothermal springs, but I thought the geography/terrain and animals were just as if not more impressive. Perhaps except for the uniqueness of the geothermal features which I’m not sure where else can be found in the US. So if a power plant could keep the “big one” from happening and we get to keep the other “wildness,” I wouldn’t be too adverse.