1. Renee’ Miller
THE CREATION OF YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK
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2. FROM PRAIRIE TO SUPER-VOLCANO
PLAY ME
• Yellowstone National Park sits in the crater of one of the largest super volcanoes on
Earth, nearly 45 miles in diameter (the Sleeping Giant)
• Ash as old as 640,000 years has been found in California matching the volcanic ash of
Yellowstone; ash has also been found all over the northwestern states
• Pools of molten lava have been discovered underneath the entire park system
• The crater was formed during the first super eruption 640,000 years ago when molten
lava built up in the magma chamber causing intense pressure that caused the volcano to
explode
• WHEN WILL THE SLEEPING GIANT ERUPT AGAIN?
• Yellowstone Super-Volcano

3. ASH FALLOUT PROJECTION FROM YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
SUPER-VOLCANO FUTURE ERUPTION
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4. CURRENT YELLOWSTONE CALDERA
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5. CREATION OF GRAND CANYON OF YELLOWSTONE
• It is roughly 20 miles long with the
measurement starting at the Upper
Falls to the Tower Fall area
• It is 800 to 1,200 feet deep by
1,500 to 4,000 feet wide
• Present canyon is10,000 to 14,000
years old
• Formed by mechanical erosion
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6. UPPER & LOWER YELLOWSTONE FALLS
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• Erosional features formed by Yellowstone River
• Upper Falls 109 feet high
• Lower Falls 308 feet high

7. GLACIERS OF YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK
Small glacier just
outside the east
entrance of
Yellowstone
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8. PLAY ME!THE BEAUTY
WILL NEVER
CEASE
UNTIL THIS!

9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Image 1: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/yellowstone-
photos/#/yellowstone-lower-falls_2023_600x450.jpg
• Image 2: http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/yellowstone-
photos/#/yellowstone-prismatic-spring_2032_600x450.jpg
• Image 3: http://www.pcwalls.net/yellowstone_wallpaper-wallpapers.html
• Image 4: http://www.theamazingbuzz.com/yellowstone-national-park-wyoming-usa/
• Image 5: http://www.extremescience.com/graphics/yellowstone-caldera-ashfall.jpg
• Image 6: http://www.nps.gov/yell/naturescience/images/hotspot_yell2_1.gif
• Image 7: http://navigationz.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/yellowstone.jpg
• Image 8: http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/12/8b/e7/upper-falls-yellowstone.jpg
• Image 9: http://d1njyp8tsu122i.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Yellowstone-Lower-Falls-
Grand-Canyon-of-Yellowstone.jpg

10. BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTINUED
• Image 9: http://d1njyp8tsu122i.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/Yellowstone-Lower-
Falls-Grand-Canyon-of-Yellowstone.jpg
• Image 10: http://travelbyphotos.com/images/yellowstone-glacier.JPG
• U.S. National Park Service - Experience Your America. "Canyon Area Natural Highlights -
Yellowstone National Park." Accessed April 21, 2013.
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/ncanyon.htm.
• Slide 8 in order of appearance: http://www.tracks-trails.com/yellowstone-national-park;
http://www.beantownbloggery.com/2010_08_01_archive.html;
http://www.artarie.ilcannocchiale.it/; http://usahitman.com/ywftdfdoj/;
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/yellowstone-national-park/;
http://www.7usa8.com/en/journey_list.aspx?ClassID=11;
http://www.yellowstonegate.com/2011/10/picturing-yellowstone/;
http://boomvisits.com/2012/11/yellowstone-national-park/;
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis;