Yellowstone's Hoodoos

black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
edited August 16, 2012 in Landscapes
This is what hoodoos look like when earthquakes get to them. This jumble of rocks is identified by road signage as being the park's hoodoos. If you look closely at these rocks, you can easily visualize that, at one time, they looked more like the traditional hoodoo. There's apparently a lot more seismic activity within the park than I had thought.




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  • CornflakeCornflake Registered Users Posts: 3,346 Major grins
    edited August 12, 2012
    Good shot, and interesting facts.
    Don
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2012
    Cornflake wrote: »
    Good shot, and interesting facts.

    Thanks for looking in, Don. I appreciate the comment.
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  • EaracheEarache Registered Users Posts: 3,533 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2012
    black mamba wrote: »
    ....... There's apparently a lot more seismic activity within the park than I had thought.

    Nice capture of some interesting features....I haven't been to Jellystone Park since I was a kid - your recent posts make me think I need to get back there - thanks for sharing.

    Here's a wiki about the Yellowstone Caldera - interesting and scary..... although I spend most of my time worrying about an asteroid strike. rolleyes1.gif

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera
    Eric ~ Smugmug
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 13, 2012
    Earache wrote: »
    Nice capture of some interesting features....I haven't been to Jellystone Park since I was a kid - your recent posts make me think I need to get back there - thanks for sharing.

    Here's a wiki about the Yellowstone Caldera - interesting and scary..... although I spend most of my time worrying about an asteroid strike. rolleyes1.gif

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

    It's great to hear from you, Eric.

    Before going out there, I read up on the Caldera thing. There's no question about it; when that area blows, there's going to be a REALLY BIG show.:hide

    I'm with you, though, about that asteroid stuff. I think that's a case of " not if, but when ".

    Take care,

    Tom
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2012
    black mamba wrote: »
    There's apparently a lot more seismic activity within the park than I had thought.

    considering Yellowstone sits in the caldera of a supervolcano, over the top of a huge magma chamber, it's not surprising there's near constant geothermal and seismic activity there.
    ~ Rocky
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  • squirl033squirl033 Registered Users Posts: 1,230 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2012
    black mamba wrote: »
    I'm with you, though, about that asteroid stuff. I think that's a case of " not if, but when ".
    Take care,
    Tom

    the worst part of the asteroid thing is that there's almost no one, aside from a few amateur astronomers, paying any attention to NEOs. we could get blind-sided by a rock the size of Manhattan, and never see it coming till it was almost on top of us. if Yellowstone unzips, it'll mess up the climate for a few years, and possibly cause a "nuclear winter"... if a rock the size of Manhattan smacks us, nothing bigger than a shrew will be around to tell about it.
    ~ Rocky
    "Out where the rivers like to run, I stand alone, and take back something worth remembering..."
    Three Dog Night

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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 14, 2012
    squirl033 wrote: »
    the worst part of the asteroid thing is that there's almost no one, aside from a few amateur astronomers, paying any attention to NEOs. we could get blind-sided by a rock the size of Manhattan, and never see it coming till it was almost on top of us. if Yellowstone unzips, it'll mess up the climate for a few years, and possibly cause a "nuclear winter"... if a rock the size of Manhattan smacks us, nothing bigger than a shrew will be around to tell about it.

    Hey Rocky,

    You're right, of course, in that it's not surprising that Yellowstone is such a hotbed for hydra-thermal and seismic activity. After you're visually confronted with all the evidence, however, the impact of those facts takes on new dimensions.

    I'll most likely be gone when the big rock swoops in on Earth. God help those who are around to suffer the consequences.

    Thanks for the visit,

    Tom
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  • JimClarkJimClark Registered Users Posts: 305 Major grins
    edited August 15, 2012
    Some little creatures sure like those HooDoo's
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited August 16, 2012
    JimClark wrote: »
    Some little creatures sure like those HooDoo's

    You're sure right about that, Jim. Scads of those critters were darting all over the place.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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