I was all too excited to make this video. I just knew that SP Crater had to be younger than its "reported" 70,000 year old age :D. Thus, the San Francisco volcanic field is a bit more active than we initially thought.

@stephenrickstrew7237

2 жыл бұрын

There is A lot going on ….what with the Canary island eruption … some great footage of the lava Fountains 😊

@garvoink345

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact I was born there’s and I lived for 8 years

@TheSpiralAim

2 жыл бұрын

So this is more reason to go check out Shit Pot crater :D

@nbound_

2 жыл бұрын

How great news

@clousetechworkshop7597

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy you did, I commented on your earlier video on this volcanic field. I had heard recently that SP-crater was younger than previously thought. I'm stoked you were able to confirm that. I love your videos and never miss them. Keep up the amazing work. I know your schedule might be packed but have you ever investigated the geology regarding Stoneman Lake in AZ? I used to spend a lot of time in that area and that lake basin remains a mystery to me, and the consensus as far as I can find online is mixed. Having seen the lake myself and knowing the area I am still hoping it's an impact crater, the raised rim and back tilted layers make it really seem like it is. But I've also read that it could be a phyrratic type crater or even a sinkhole. It would be cool if you have access to any information that would be more definitive. It's definitely a feature that doesn't fit in with the surrounding landscape.

We studied this volcano in my geomorphology class. It's name is actually Shit Pot crater and yes, that's it's official name on maps. Most call it SP crater because of ... well, it's called Shit Pot

@bananacat4945

2 жыл бұрын

Who got drunk and named a mountain?

@TheSpiralAim

2 жыл бұрын

@@bananacat4945 Never been to Arizona? We have a town called Why, and another called Chloride.

@turdferguson814

2 жыл бұрын

TheSpiralAim don’t forget about “Cornville”, off of I-17, just north of Camp Verde lol

@ninjaswordtothehead

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSpiralAim Still more creative than "No Trees, TX". Also, Tuscon is a testament to the arrogance of man. It was like living on the sun.

@KaiserStormTracking

2 жыл бұрын

@@bananacat4945 some guy thought it looked like a shit pot. We know the rest

The first time I visited the Grand Canyon, I drove there from Las Vegas. I could see what I now know to be the San Francisco Volcano Field and, probably, San Francisco Mountain as I drove up Rte. 64 towards the Canyon. I could tell immediately they were volcanos, but this video fills in a lot of gaps. I will definitely have to book a trip to Flagstaff sometime and really explore the volcanos.

@bigdaddytrips6197

2 жыл бұрын

Who cares

@JohnDrummondPhoto

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigdaddytrips6197 you took the time to write that, so I guess you do.

@GeologyHub

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help. If you are interested, I have a separate and longer video on this volcanic field. It’s a beautiful place to camp, and some areas have lots of obsidian! Video in question: m.kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGSHqMmIYpy6hcY.html

@waynefatguyinakayak7408

2 жыл бұрын

If you're going to take a trip to see the volcanic fields of Northern Arizona, make sure you set aside a day to travel a little further east to visit the meteor crater.

@ronjon7942

Жыл бұрын

@@bigdaddytrips6197 why would you write that? Why are you even on this channel, where one of the points of it is to provide an opportunity to share sites one has been so others can read and relate? Guessing you haven’t come out of your post-covid hole yet.

Wow, crazy to think that this volcano is far more active than everyone thought. Now it really IS a matter of time before it erupts again.

@rudra62

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. We live on a geologically-active planet which is most certainly unsafe. :)

@Dana-ki6vs

2 жыл бұрын

@@rudra62 *living room is on fire* “haha! It’s fine!”

I find that this video is a bit more interesting than others as it gives the casual enthusiast a peek behind the geologists curtain in that it showcases the implications of an age adjustment across multiple categories (volcanic explosivity index and eruption frequency).

@Bdurden892

2 жыл бұрын

You said all that to not say shit at all.

I have no idea why I find these videos so fascinating. My geologic knowledge is limited to "being pretty sure the bluffs along the Great River Road, where I grew up, are made of limestone".

@dolphincliffs8864

2 жыл бұрын

Minnesota?

@tristantimothy1004

2 жыл бұрын

Dont beleive these so called "experts". They work on "theories" & have been proven wrong countless times. From crap evolution to creation to misreading geologic time compleatly. Check out " Is Genesis history" channel. Modern science is still just " guesstimating".

@dolphincliffs8864

2 жыл бұрын

@@tristantimothy1004 Sure. Keep telling yourself that flat earther. Believe. That's how it's spelled.

@lennapelayo3252

2 жыл бұрын

4yrbef3s

I really enjoy how you pack a bunch of information in a clear concise manner within a 5 minute video. Thanks for sharing!

Wow! I never knew Arizona even had volcanos! 🌋 I guess you learn something new every day!

My family and I have visited the Flagstaff and northern Arizona many times this is a great place to hike and observe the volcanic features, the summit to San Francisco peak(mt Humphreys)is an moderate clime ,and at Sunset Crater Park you can clime on cider cone see lava flows and even look into a crater or two,great video, thanks

@MsZfactor

2 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping to travel there sometime this fall. SP volcano and meteor Crater have been on my bucket list for a long time.

@atomdent

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsZfactor It's awesome, the grand canyon is an hour and a half away to the north, Sedona is about the same to the south ,oak creek canyon is beautiful, there is hiking skiing mt biking, or just driving around site seeing ,hope you get there and love it we always have!

@MsZfactor

2 жыл бұрын

@@atomdent , is SP easy to get to? Looks like just a dirt road.

@atomdent

2 жыл бұрын

@@MsZfactor yes there are paved roads ,maybe a few dirt side roads,ample parking and trails to the top of many of the cones, it's hot in the summer and can be really cold in winter (including snow), it is a national monument, sp crater in in sunset crater national monument, and it's never been crowded when we were there.

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

2 жыл бұрын

You can no longer climb Sunset Crater, it is off limits.

Fascinating! I have had the good fortune to fly over Sunset Crater twice. It is awesome to see the cinder cones from the air twice and took full advantage of view. They are beautiful and I can only imagine what they are like up close. In 1988 and I was a lot younger I went on a field trip for college credit. It was awesome in that we traveled through 13 states that included the Badlands of SD, Arches UT, culminating with the Grand Canyon AZ. Yes, I hiked to Phantom Ranch down the Kaibab trail and up the Bright Angel. It was one of the most difficult adventures in my life. At the bottom of the canyon it's a whole different world. I couldn't get over how they grew fig trees around the ranch watering it from the Colorado River. I got explore the volcanic forces that ar active all across the west.

@aldenconsolver3428

2 жыл бұрын

I was also fortunate in traveling a lot of the lower 48 with geologists (my undergrad is geology). Three different times I took several week long car trips (twice just by myself). My memory has stored hours and hours of the most wonderful videos in my head (this was mostly before real video cameras). With what I have visited in the US a lot of it on backroads and some on dirt roads :) and I know how other people travel - I remember something Charles Osgood wrote 'The interstate highway system is a wonder - it allows you to go coast to coast while seeing nothing'. I am right now remembering the night I pulled into craters of the moon idaho in October after dark, pitched a tent and spent damn close to the coldest night I have ever had. Then I woke up to discover that I was setting on a raw fresh lava flow complete with pumice scoria and lava tubes, it was just like waking up on the moon.

Thanks for making these videos. I turn in to a big geology nut every time I watch a video and I look forward to the next. Will support your channel monetarily soon!

Great video, I love the way you speak. I liked listening to you because of your nice voice. It was like being there and you were the tour guide 🌋 Thanks👍🙂

Been there and climbed it. It is every bit as fun as the Cinder Cone at Mt. Lassen. You get a great view of the lava flow and the graben from the top. You have to drive through part of Babbit's cattle ranch to get there but if you don't disturb the cows they don't mind. You'll need a 4-wheel drive vehicle to get there unless you like real long walks.

@Cwra1smith

2 жыл бұрын

@@35mm21 Right you are!

@imout671

2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Is the lava all one monolith or is it bits and pieces you can just pick up? Is it porus and lite or is it dense and heavy ? Is it obsidian?

@Cwra1smith

2 жыл бұрын

@@imout671 The cone is all pea-gravel type cinders. There is a thick basalt flow that came out of the base where you can pick up some big blocks. There are lava bombs scattered about also.

@ShannonLH1108

2 жыл бұрын

hiking this was such a nightmare! lol

@Cwra1smith

2 жыл бұрын

@@ShannonLH1108 Yup, two steps up and slide back one step. LOL. Typical cinder cone.

Shit pot crater is it’s full name. Recently moved to Flagstaff. There are so many cones and lava flows here it will take me quite a while to explore them all. There is even a lava tube to the west of the peaks, and the temperature stays about 40 degrees year round. I visited there a few weeks ago and the cold air blasting out of there in mid summer is amazing.

@buckroger6456

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like free A.C. lol. Run some of that down here in lower AZ for me.

I lived in Phoenix for many years and raised my son in the desert. We would go to Flagstaff twice a year to cool off in the summer and to enjoy a weekend of snow in the winter. Until I moved to Flagstaff in 2008, I had no idea the San Francisco peaks were part of a volcanic field! We lived there for 13 years and about 2 miles from Sunset Crater at one time. I experienced 2 earthquakes and never felt comfortable living so close to the Peaks. Back in the desert again!!

@GeologyHub

2 жыл бұрын

I’m more so assuming the cold weather of flagstaff and snow was an issue :). It’s quite a beautiful area, glad you got to live there for some time. Did your son attend NAU?

@deborah5763

2 жыл бұрын

@@GeologyHub yes, he did and remained there and my 2 grandkids were being raised there. I broke my ankle in 3 places in 2011 so after that I didn't enjoy the snow and ice.

First time viewer, this is a great video! I look forward for more AZ geology videos ✌️

I love your presentation style. It's perfect for the subject matter. Great job.

@GeologyHub

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoy my content! I try and keep things clear and concise.

I would love more videos getting into the technical aspects like how chemical dating is done. That was a really interesting part of the video. But I feel like it was just an aside.

I get excited when I see that you uploaded

Wow I get to be the first one to say thanks for another great Episode….does the lunar crater Tycho rate worthy of considering

@Tech-Sig

2 жыл бұрын

Tycho Crater is beyond our imagination. my friend It may have been a crater at one time but since has been repurposed.

Some scientists at the USGS and other geologist say the stratovolcano there will erupt from the summit again and it could be explosive VEI-4-5. There’s new research coming out on this.

@trudyvrana840

2 жыл бұрын

Mt. Humphreys is a stratovolcano. SP is a cinder cone.

@tristantimothy1004

2 жыл бұрын

@@trudyvrana840 , And whats to keep that "cinder cone" from erupting again? A weak spot in the mantle dosent heal itself. It only builds up more pressure & eventually blows again. Mt St. Helens wasent expected to blow either until the readings came alive & it blew w little warning & it blew WAY BIGGER then expected. The entire earth is groaning as w labor pains of a woman giving birth. ALL prophesied in Revelations just before the end of this earth age. Prophecy has NEVER been wrong, now will it ever be. Craps coming you cant even begin to imagine in your worst nightmares.

@trudyvrana840

2 жыл бұрын

@@tristantimothy1004 Mt. St. Helens is a dacite stratovolcano on a sunducting oceanic plate (a remnant of the Faralon Plate). Cinder cones rarely erupt again.

@GeologyHub

2 жыл бұрын

@@trudyvrana840 correct. I know of only a few cinder cones that have erupted twice. One example is the Tseax cone in Canada. I suspect some unusual fault lines are involved there, however

@jessemills3845

2 жыл бұрын

@@trudyvrana840 may I remind you of the RIM is a form of a subduction zone. Still active vents in NE AZ, N Mex. Just saying.

Wow, had no idea. This is a great video. So many volcanos erupting and waking up along with earthquakes. Can't help but think something is coming.

So interesting I would love to see your Analysis of lava falls in the Grand Canyon

Thank you, I was in that volcanic field last fall, and looked on Google Earth while camped there, and noticed that black lava flow and wondered about it. It's great to have an explanation.

@mikenewtonninja9379

2 жыл бұрын

black lava flow - it's nice to see mother nature embracing the newest culture of promoting anything black. these things matter.

New and subscribed , interesting thanks for sharing

Using Potassium/Argon dating is where the problem lies; it's upward limit is about 100,000 years before the present, after which finding enough Argon to date any closer time frame is problematic. So trying to date anything younger than that is impossible. You're so right, too, the cinder cone and the lava flow look more recent, so the date should have been suspect right from the start. Good bit of geology in this video. Thanks so much!

Great video as always. There are so many feature left to date it is a very long list like here in WA I just visited White Chuck that has no date.

I was able to climb up Sunset Crater volcano many years ago and before foot traffic was banished. It's a great feeling to actually stand inside a volcano!

Yes it is impressive just how many cones are in AZ. I live in Apache County Arizona between St John's/ New Mexico border and due north of Springerville on the high mesas looking south southwest. The road we locally call the St John's/Springerville connector runs by several cinder cones and right through a lava flow that is unmistakable in appearance. I figured that they were still fairly young as they are just now starting to grow vegetation and no Junipers have grown on them at all yet and they grow on everything. The highway that connects Springerville to Show Low is also through thus type of setting but much older all of it is the Northeast side of the White mountain range and is beautiful country and very empty country only a handful of us live out this way. Our small ranch is approximately 7300 ft above sea level and I watch the sun set over this region every evening from my living room window and it is stunning. Thank you for such an informative video I enjoyed it very much.

"take a look at how young these lava flows look" i appreciate that you think highly of my geological skills, but i don't have a damn clue what i'm looking at edit: oh good, you actually explain what to look for right after that

I live near Mt. Saint Helens volcano in Washington and I'm always up there hiking & exploring the area. Some parts of the forest were so badly damaged from the eruption back in the 80's that it literally looks like the surface of the moon or another planet!.... So cool!... 😉

THANK YOU!! Spotted that lava flow while flying to LAX many years ago and always wondered about it, having no knowledge of vulcanism in that area. Now I know! Thanks again!

Nice job on the video. Completed unrelated question.... your manner of speaking the last phrase of your sentences is interesting. Do you have a regional accent from somewhere in the US?

Can't believe I lived in Flagstaff for years in the early 90s and never knew about SP Crater. To be fair, I also didn't visit Sunset Crater until this summer.

Could you do a video on the geology and volcanism of the Isle of Skye in Scotland? It's fascinating, it has so many volcanic features and also one of the mountain ranges (black cuilins) is a giant volcanic plug I believe, it's incredible There's also another set of volcanic features made of different materials visible from it (the red cuilins) I would love to learn about these from your video and infographic style

Thank you for Sharing interesting information.

@GeologyHub

2 жыл бұрын

No problem! I love sharing geologic info about my home state.

Good work ,keep it up thanx

I just learned that a young, 24-year old, geologist went missing from his job-site in Arizona in June and little media attention was paid and little was done to find him. As a fellow geologist, it really upsets me. He was so young, and possibly this was his first job, so tragic! Ours is the most dangerous profession of all and we hope we can count on lifesaving search and rescue services if we need them. Apparently, his disappearance has strong evidence suggesting murder, the crash of his car was staged. His name is Mr. Cawley-Robinson, and by googling his case, a petition can be signed to help find him at last. I did, and hope all other geologists and rockhounds will. I’m sorry I couldn’t add the link, being an older geologist lacking the computer savvy of the young ones, I don’t know how.

very fascinating features of Arizona I wasn't aware of!

For anyone wondering what SP stands for in SP Crater, it stands for S***pot, with the s-word being another word for poop. The old-timer geologists likened the area visually to an overflowing waste container. The name stuck, but the USGS and many other mapmakers refuse to spell out the entire name on maps, using the abbreviation of SP Crater instead.

I did not know there was volcanos in Arizona! Thx!

@YoChiggerGetoutMyEar

2 жыл бұрын

But alot don't know Kentucky was a volcano and blew and all entered and built the river and mined till no dig law and can buy anything they want or like now! Our ancestors felt running river on your half of united states would be todangerous and flood mexico where should cough and someone sharted them out but all deny it! Then terminator movie Stahl's! So new gen what's the prediction all will do? Carry bottled water or flood them back to America?

For a future video, might I suggest Indian Heavan volcanic field in Washington state. It has erupted within the past 10k years.

This is kool. What do you think about LaPalma?

There's volcanic cinder cones all over the desert in the Western States of the US... I used to drive the area years ago... South of Las Vegas NV, there's many cinder cones that you are able to see from the highway... Very much a part of the landscape in our western most states...

This is really cool. We always drove past those cinder cones when headed down to Mesa to visit My grandparents. Lets hope they stay dormant.

Please update on the lá palma 🙏

I'm really curious if there are any stories passed down by the indigenous populations in the area that relate to the volcano and potentially provide additional routes of research.

@campbellrob1919

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no, they are all buried in lava and rubble.

@Helezhelm

2 жыл бұрын

Like Campbell Rob said, there is no written documents or anything from the site near SP Crater as most of them is likely to be destroyed by lava flows. However, there is an trend that it is very possible that Native Americans may have witnessed this eruption. Their historical observation via oral stories is likely to be lost as well. I don't recall if there is any still living natives in Arizona had same oral stories on this eruption passed down by generations, free to correct me if I am mistaken.

@ronjon7942

Жыл бұрын

There’s a geological museum just on the outskirts of Flag that may provide a starting point, and I wanna say there’s also one related to anthropology as well.

Raised in AZ as kids we gathered lava rock. Thought it so very cool..New Mexicos desert is riddled with lava stones as well.. thanks,, enjoyed this vid

Question, can they with a certain degree of accuracy, show the depth and size of volcanic chamber under this volcano? Or is ground penetrating radar not that accurate? Do they have a database that you can see all these chambers if they do?

@GeologyHub

2 жыл бұрын

Only possible if magma is in the volcano. It sort of makes its own space as it intrudes into the crust.

@Helezhelm

2 жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly, they have few methods to measure size & depth of magma chamber via seismic waves like those geologists mapped several magma chambers with one deep reservoir under Long Valley Caldera. Although there is newer technology from Japan in 2011 or later, has surfaced to have ability to see magma chambers or conduits via cosmic radiation (muon rays mainly), IIRC.

@MountainFisher

2 жыл бұрын

@@Helezhelm Earth's Magnetic field is used in this video to map liquid magma, it doesn't see solids like rhyolite. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dnadvLJqfMaTfdY.html

Oh god I hiked that crater the night before I hiked Humphreys Peak thinking it would be a good warm up hike. Hiking the loose volcanic rock meant one step forward, sink a foot, and slide back a foot. it was completely exhausting. I got so beat up on the rough rocks and it took FOREVER. we were literally running down the peak and sliding because it was well after dark when we were finished.

This area is right outside Flagstaff AZ. It’s quite popular with Motörhead’s because of the quite consistent, marble sized pumice stones to drive around on. I spent a long weekend with friends once.

Thanks for the update! ❤ Liked 👍. Shared on MeWe 👍.

1075 AD seems rather specific. How did someone pick that number out of the air?

I did enjoy your video very much good job I'm doing it I must say the title had me excited to think that somehow there was a volcano going off here in the US because I know once you getting ready to go off

And I thought reading food labels was a mouthful 😯well done sir😊

There is a cinder cone near the town of Jacumba in San Diego County, very close to the border with Mexico. I would like to see the geology and history surrounding that formation, and any other nearby cinder cones in the region.

I like seeing its little volcanic barf field . I didn’t notice that on google earth previously .

Very nice cinder cones there!

Do a video on the Mt Taylor, Zuni-Bandera Volcanic Fields near Grants, NM. I read somewhere that one of it's flows is only 500 years old. I'm from the area.

@tristantimothy1004

2 жыл бұрын

You ever hear of the gigantic Spanish gold stash in thoes lava fields? TONS of stolen spanish gold is hidden in thoes fields north of Grants. Only found once but well documented by historical records. The Apaches tracked & killed all the spanards who came onto their land & took their gold. Only a single gold cross was ever brought out. The guy who found it never found the same stash again & died looking. Said its in a massive rattlesnake den. That cross was so heavy it was all he could carry out. Its in some lil church somewhere in New Mexico.

The volcanos don't move its the land above that has moved

How about a video on the extinct volcano in Maine near Katahdin? Magnificent area!

Can you talk about Cerro Galan (it is considerated one of the world largest calderas and i would like to learn more)

I never knew there were volcanoes in Arizona.....and I've been there!!!Thank you!

@njl51

2 жыл бұрын

Me either. Duhh. I lived there for a short time and never got to visit the grand canyon etc..That was a long long time ago. You really do need to be cautious about driving. Sure the road may seem empty but you never know the condition of the drivers who are out there.

SP's full name is from its appearance of a bathroom disaster, according to the person who first observed it.

@Raptorman0909

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, the original name was Shit Pot Crater which was sanitized into SP Crater.

Interesting, back in the 1980-90s the park was showing eruptions around 1480-1490s. With natives putting offerings of corn an such in the lava. Where you can see the impression of the corn in the lava.

1:57 Shape of the lava flow is like Godzilla!

Have you done a video on the pluton monoliths in Wester North Carolina? The mountains I am referring to are named Looking Glass Rock, John Rock and Cedar Rock. Today Looking Glass is a popular hiking destination along with John Rock. They are also very popular with rock climbers due to the length of climb for the area, and features on the face of Looking glass called eye brows.

Good one. Do twin Buffalo pks in Colorado Was the ground level 3000’ higher than now

Can you please discuss the formation of Tucson? I've heard it is basin and range but also that it is a volcanic caldera. Also Signal mountain known locally as A mountain is basaltic but not from a volcanic eruption. I'm thinking it might have been a volcanic fracture like in Iceland. I'm very interested in your opinion

Mt. Baker. I have always wondered if the spires that stick out the western side could be push up events similar to Mt. St. Helen's had where there was not enough moisture to create an explosive eruption. Seems comparing a few samples might prove interesting. My mother lived on mount baker highway at noon road. If you dug in her yard you got a foot and a half of topsoil then volcanic lahar layer I was never able with hand digging to get to the bottom of that layer.

Very interesting!!

I grew up in Arizona and knew that the mountains were formed by volcanic activity but had no idea they were active. Wow.

I didn't know that Mt. San Francisco was a volcano! Driven past it numerous times. Interesting!!

Just when I was running out of things to worried about.

I would have to go back and research and see, so I am guessing and asking if the activity is due to ancient Pacific rifts that have long since subducted? I know there is some other geology to account for down South so I am not sure because I don't know much this far South. Basaltic components lead me on this line of belief.

I have found many heart shaped pebbles, cobbles and even boulders in my wanderings, wondered how they come to be that shape.

@mikenewtonninja9379

2 жыл бұрын

cos that was the shape they were when they was made!

@thedarkmoon2341

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikenewtonninja9379 Profound!

At Sunset crater archaeologist have found corn imprints in the lava flow from offerings thrown by Indians

Learn something new everyday! Thumbs Up!

I did enjoy it, thank you.

I never new there was volcanoes in Arizona. Now Im curious if there is any in my state of Illinois.

One time, as we were flying into Phoenix airport, the lady sitting next to me commented on the landscape. I told her they are volcanoes. Her eyes got almost as big as the craters!

@mikenewtonninja9379

2 жыл бұрын

one time? like at band camp?

@lindaseel8633

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikenewtonninja9379 Bawahahaha! 😅😅😅😅

According to a seismologist I talked to the volcano located in woodruff az was the last to erupt in az about 275 years ago

I'd name it "little squirt". Would be a great backdrop for a sifi movie, "Giant Fireants" !

Great information. Please pay more attention to your diction. I had to rewind this video several times to figure out what you were saying. Before others ask, English is my native language.

In comparison, cinder cones in very wet areas in Hawaii can get covered by vegetation far faster and don't look as fresh as this even though they're younger.

I have noticed a lot of posts about volcanoes erupting all over the planet. All of this makes me curious. Has there been an increase in the number of eruptions or an increase in the popularity of posts about eruptions?

Wow - amazing. 💖

I've climbed sp crater before, cool little hill.

I like to know about Mt. Graham - what's happening? Is it likely to erupt like iceland + canary islands?

The area is seismically active. There is no doubt there will be a future eruption here. I just hope it happens in my life. It will likely be east of where Sunset Crater is, and will look spectacular. As you mention for SP in the video, it's expected to be a Strombolian type event when it happens.

"ERUPTION THREAT" . . . I'm not sure that would exactly be a great topic, but maybe ? Before Mt. St. Helens blew there was at least one guy living on the side of the mountain who refused to move, despite geologists warnings . . . he disappeared in the blast. Some years ago there was a, by then elderly, couple (both life long volcanologists) who "disappeared" into the haze while studying lava flows (I've wondered if it was an accident or how they decided to "go out"? Visiting Kilauea Nat'l Park and observing a slow moving surface flow, a ranger approached warning "sometimes lava flows can contact pockets of buried organics that have become gases, causing an explosion which can be very dangerous! When the ranger was asked "are you saying it is very dangerous and I must leave or it is very dangerous and I should leave?" the ranger replied "I'm saying it is very dangerous and I am leaving" and he walked away. B-) RISK = Risk x Time (window of exposure) .

Very interesting!🌋🌋🌋

Can you make a video about Olympus Mons on mars?

Interesting by chance what triggers this hotspot? If it was a plume that would put it in close proximity with Yellowstone hotspot possibly suggesting a link. That said with the subducted slabs of seafloor underneath the continent as well as the upwelling of the East pacific rise looking for an outlet and likely responsible for the intrusion of the asthenosphere not to mention yellow stone hot spot itself there are plenty of other ways magma could be fed into the system Arizona is after all like most of the American southwest within the rift zone. Certainly a very complex geology out there.

I live close to these volcanos so i just wanna thank you for giving us some insight on them. How can we tell if a volcano wil wake up?

@ghostexploring3438

2 жыл бұрын

Soon

@silicon212

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of seismic activity in a singular area over days / weeks / months and an uplift of the ground near here signifies an imminent eruption.

So what are the chances of these dormant volcanos in Arizona erupting soon?

How many total volcanos are in the world (active and dormant)?

Lots of confusion between SP and what I thought was Sunset Park (sunset crater). I saw sunset crater once in the mid 60's. Time to go.

I wander what would happen if a bunch of people went into the crater of the volcano and just started digging

an early bicycle ride/tour to and around the GC, i camped behind sign at entrance to sunset /lava flow loop.