Maybe in 2025 you can spotlight some lesser known geysers and thermal pools, even if they aren't erupting, it would be interesting to find out more about specific ones.
Thanks for the suggestions! When we are there this Spring, we'll try to look for some lesser known but super cool (hot?) features to highlight. One idea we had was to do a culinary tour of Yellowstone. Biscuit Basin, Lemonade Creek, Chocolate Pots, Cauliflower Spring, Honeycomb Geyser... Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to go get something to eat...
Thank you, Mike. I always enjoy your monthly reports. I didn't get up to the Park as many times this year as I wanted to. I was out of the region for most of the summer and fall months, so I only made it up there about 10 times. Norris is my favorite place to visit, followed by Lamar Valley. Whenever I am in the northeast part of the Park, I also have to go up to the top of Bear Tooth Pass. The view from up there is so awesome, regardless of which direction you look.
Happy New Year!! I find Yellowstone a fascinating place, though it's been a very long time since I've been there. I hope, someday, to treat my daughter to a vacation there.
It is mostly likely related to a combination of factors. Cooling of magma at depth is one factor -- that causes contraction. Changes in hydrothermal fluids at depth also probably contribute (we know that water moving in and out of the system causes deformation at Yellowstone -- sometimes in very dramatic ways). Magma withdrawal is another potential cause of subsidence in volcanic areas, but we don't really have a lot of evidence for that in the Yellowstone region.
I've been watching the live webcam of Yellowstone National Park since the Summer of 2023 (the time I was traumatized to clickbait) and it looks so beautiful and peaceful. And everything always looks normal because of geysers going off, hot springs heating up and seeing wild animals at a certain spot at the geysers.
The recent news refers to a scientific paper that was just published on New Years Day in the journal Nature. The article does not talk about magma movement. Rather, it discusses how magnetotelluric data were collected to map out the magmatic system beneath Yellowstone. The study concludes that none of the mapped magmatic areas have a melt fraction that is enough to be "eruptible" (in other words, it is all mostly solid). There were some possible magma storage areas to the NE of the caldera, which is a somewhat new result (seismic evidence identified anomalies in this area as well). Some news outlets are incorrectly reporting that this signifies magma movement.
It's not so much the temperature of the water as it is the chemical composition. The temperature of the water varies mostly due to changes in seasons and day/night. But the chemical composition of the water reflects the quantity of hydrothermal input. When more geysers are erupting (or the eruptions are larger), the composition varies in measurable ways. And tracking that composition over time reveals that there has been no significant thermal output from the Yellowstone system overall.
Excellent question! In some places it is a educated guess -- for example, where it is completely buried under post-caldera lava flows on its SW side But in other places it is clearly defined by the geology. For example, on the north margin you can see many places where ash outflow sheets (outside the caldera) butt up against intracaldera lava flows (inside the caldera) -- at Gibbon Falls is a very good example. But even in those areas we're probably not seeing the structural caldera, where the ring fault formed. The "topographic" caldera is going to be bigger because the caldera walls will fail soon after the eruption, making the topographic caldera bigger than the structural caldera (the deposits at Tuff Cliff, for example, are ash deposits that are part of a landslide from the caldera rim that occurred when the ash deposits were still hot). It's almost impossible to know where the structural caldera (ring fault) is located without deep erosional exposures (like those in the San Juan volcanic province in Colorado). But the topographic caldera can be identified by looking at the geology, and that's how it is mapped out at Yellowstone.
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Happy New Year and thanks for keeping us updated 🎉
Love your videos! Interesting topics, good pacing, good visuals, good narration. Keep making them and I will watch them!
As long as our favorite national park remains consistently inconsistent, it will always be interesting. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Thanks for the great work!
Thank you, Mike and all the YVO team!! Hope for all the best in 2025!
Maybe in 2025 you can spotlight some lesser known geysers and thermal pools, even if they aren't erupting, it would be interesting to find out more about specific ones.
Thanks for the suggestions! When we are there this Spring, we'll try to look for some lesser known but super cool (hot?) features to highlight. One idea we had was to do a culinary tour of Yellowstone. Biscuit Basin, Lemonade Creek, Chocolate Pots, Cauliflower Spring, Honeycomb Geyser...
Now, if you'll excuse us, we need to go get something to eat...
Thanks and Happy New Year, Mike!
Happy New Year! 🎉 Thank you for the recap!
Happy New Year, YVO and USGS!! 🎉 Keep up the great work!
Happy new year 😊
300th "Like!" Thanks for this and all your monthly reports! Great stuff in an easy-to-follow format! 😎✌️
Happy New Year! Thank you, and I look forward to all the cool observations to come in the next year!
Happy New Year 2025 🎉
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Thank you, Mike. I always enjoy your monthly reports. I didn't get up to the Park as many times this year as I wanted to. I was out of the region for most of the summer and fall months, so I only made it up there about 10 times. Norris is my favorite place to visit, followed by Lamar Valley. Whenever I am in the northeast part of the Park, I also have to go up to the top of Bear Tooth Pass. The view from up there is so awesome, regardless of which direction you look.
Many thanks, Mike and everyone at YVO! Happy new year! Bonne année 2025 ! ✨🌟🥂
Happy New Year too to you and all your colleagues 🎉 . Exceptionnal reports and your knowledges shared with us, lambda people 😊. Thank you !
Thank you for the update. I always enjoy your presentations. Happy 2025!
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Happy New Year!
Mike ❤ 🥰 thanks for the video.
Happy New Year!! I find Yellowstone a fascinating place, though it's been a very long time since I've been there. I hope, someday, to treat my daughter to a vacation there.
Love the Sound solution. 🦇
Happy new year!
I wonder, do we know why there has been subsidence these last ten years?
It is mostly likely related to a combination of factors. Cooling of magma at depth is one factor -- that causes contraction. Changes in hydrothermal fluids at depth also probably contribute (we know that water moving in and out of the system causes deformation at Yellowstone -- sometimes in very dramatic ways). Magma withdrawal is another potential cause of subsidence in volcanic areas, but we don't really have a lot of evidence for that in the Yellowstone region.
@ Awesome! Thanks.
I've been watching the live webcam of Yellowstone National Park since the Summer of 2023 (the time I was traumatized to clickbait) and it looks so beautiful and peaceful. And everything always looks normal because of geysers going off, hot springs heating up and seeing wild animals at a certain spot at the geysers.
Pretty good year!
News cast discusses magma movements. Any change that causes concerns?
The recent news refers to a scientific paper that was just published on New Years Day in the journal Nature. The article does not talk about magma movement. Rather, it discusses how magnetotelluric data were collected to map out the magmatic system beneath Yellowstone. The study concludes that none of the mapped magmatic areas have a melt fraction that is enough to be "eruptible" (in other words, it is all mostly solid). There were some possible magma storage areas to the NE of the caldera, which is a somewhat new result (seismic evidence identified anomalies in this area as well). Some news outlets are incorrectly reporting that this signifies magma movement.
@@usgs Thank you for the clarification.
Yes, I love your confirmation temperature in Yellowstone's rivers to old faithful key you in to the underground hints of what's up
It's not so much the temperature of the water as it is the chemical composition. The temperature of the water varies mostly due to changes in seasons and day/night. But the chemical composition of the water reflects the quantity of hydrothermal input. When more geysers are erupting (or the eruptions are larger), the composition varies in measurable ways. And tracking that composition over time reveals that there has been no significant thermal output from the Yellowstone system overall.
Hey USGS, ive always been curious, how do you guys know where the boundary of the large caldera is since it is completely buried?
Excellent question! In some places it is a educated guess -- for example, where it is completely buried under post-caldera lava flows on its SW side But in other places it is clearly defined by the geology. For example, on the north margin you can see many places where ash outflow sheets (outside the caldera) butt up against intracaldera lava flows (inside the caldera) -- at Gibbon Falls is a very good example. But even in those areas we're probably not seeing the structural caldera, where the ring fault formed. The "topographic" caldera is going to be bigger because the caldera walls will fail soon after the eruption, making the topographic caldera bigger than the structural caldera (the deposits at Tuff Cliff, for example, are ash deposits that are part of a landslide from the caldera rim that occurred when the ash deposits were still hot). It's almost impossible to know where the structural caldera (ring fault) is located without deep erosional exposures (like those in the San Juan volcanic province in Colorado). But the topographic caldera can be identified by looking at the geology, and that's how it is mapped out at Yellowstone.
Happy new year , may yellowstone volcano continue to stay asleep lol.
Wonder how many people that were on the boardwalk when the explosion hit had to change their pants afterwards