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Woah! Well, if you want to relive your close call, you can always check out our Artists' Paintpots ASMR video (no eyes will be harmed watching it) ruclips.net/video/FdfMwvEvk_k/видео.html

Great suggestion! We created and uploaded an animated GIF showing patterns of seismicity by year during 2017-2023. You can find that at www.usgs.gov/media/images/animation-annual-yellowstone-seismicity-2017-2023. The number of quakes fluctuates, mostly due to the occurrence of large swarms (which show up really well on the maps as tight clusters of numerous small earthquakes). Swarms are mostly caused by groundwater interacting with preexisting faults (which are plentiful throughout the region). The numbers of earthquakes each year are 2017 - 3,427 2018 - 2,007 2019 - 1,218 2020 - 1,722 2021 - 2,773 2022 - 2,429 2023 - 1,623 We'll see about doing a "caldera chronicles" article on this topic (that's our weekly article about some aspect of Yellowstone geology/activity, accessible at www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/yellowstone/caldera-chronicles and USGSVolcanoes social media channels). Thanks for the idea of the topic and graphic!

There lots of self-deluded "geniuses" around there. Which one did you mean, and it will keep his _what_ away?

@@borismedved835 I think that was a "typo". But you correct that Yellowstone has a lot self-deluded "geniuses", and when they leave the park, other self-deluded "geniuses" are there within minutes to take their place. I used to work in YP and we always called them Tourons, and the joke explanation for that was _"They're Half Tourist and Half Moron, but not necessarily in those proportions."_

@@Bigfoot-px9gj Yes, the Tourons...and they are here in droves already. RV's and four wheelers. Time to hide out.

Thanks for the report.

No playing whale in that pool 🤣🤣🤣

What to learn from this - if your last name is Truman, do not approach volcanoes.

You are mixing up different timescales the eruption in question from Yellowstone was 640 thousand years not million that is 3 orders of magnitude different.

Yellowstone's most recent caldera-forming eruption was 631,000 years ago. There was no ice covering the area at the time. Lava flow eruptions have happened when the region was glaciated, however -- about 130,000-150,000 years ago. Some of the lava flows that erupted during this time (www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/lotta-lava-new-insights-timing-yellowstones-most-recent-rhyolite-eruptions) show signs of having interacted with ice, and there is evidence that glacial lakes might have been present in the region at various times. More information about Yellowstone's glacial history is at www.usgs.gov/news/yellowstones-icy-past.

@usgs thanks for answering me. I see what I did. I was reading about snowball earth, then pangea, which made me think about Yellowstone, and all I saw was 640. I had millions on my mind. Lol. Thank you for taking the time to point out my mistake. Peace and Ahev

@@usgs Isn't ice what makes volcanism on Iceland form steeper features? Normally Icelandic volcanoes form shields, but around the recent eruptions there are some steep and tall features. I imagine that happens when the lava extrusion is under a glacier which cools the lava rapidly and makes it deposit closer to the eruption site.

@@HotelPapa100 Yes indeed! subglacial eruptions can generate a lot of ashy debris, called hyaloclastite, and lead to steeper features once the ice melts. These are called tuyas, and you can find them all over Iceland, as well as in British Columbia (Canada)!

And we still do! It's a magical sight to witness.

Amen ... did the helicopter flight looking down in the cone seeing the molten lava ... pouring slowly through the pods as grew and moved down to the sea. As you say ... a magical ... mystical experience. What meaning is there ... but the obvious. The Force behind Creation ... TAINT FINISHED ... and so I have a choice of FITTING only in the NOW.

What? No! That's normal in Hawaii, or any volcano when water meets magma.

@@sigisoltau6073 “Normal” since 1850.

@@HDPersonal777 Where did you come with that date? Specifically? These kinds of phreatic eruptions can happen on any volcano whenever water comes into contact with magma. Both after and before 1850 since the earth, volcanoes and water have existed for over 4 billion years.

@@sigisoltau6073 Where is your proof? Real proof? Besides someone saying that timeline based on no facts. Maybe you should research silicone vs. carbon eras, etc.

@@HDPersonal777 Really? You're asking me for proof? Shouldn't you provide proof for your claim about 1850? Or that these DEW existed back then. Or that they were used to start volcanic eruptions. Let's see. There's radiometric and potassium-argon dating that shows the earth is billions of years old. In rock layers we can see evidence of lava flows and pyroclastic deposits. Both are evidence that volcanic eruptions have been going on long before 1850.

I read about that, kind of fluke if I recall.

@@melodiefrances3898 No fluke … Scientists have recently been digging around Kilauea and have new evidence that pyroclastic events as they like to call it have happen several times . .. The history is there for geologist to discover in the layers .

That’s the publication ID that number you’re referring to.

Why do all Christians assume theirs is the only right religion when there’s over 3000 of them in the world. If science followed a particular religion then it would be biased which is the exact opposite of what science needs to be…impartial.

That's the best monitored volcano in the Cascade Range! You can see a map of monitoring stations at www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-st.-helens. Click on any of the sites to see the data!

File that under "strange but true." Volcanism has been occurring in the region for 275,000 years, but the mountain we know today only started growing about 3900 years ago. More info on that at www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-st.-helens/science/holocene-activity-prior-may-18-1980-eruption.

Not a mistake! There has been volcanism in the area for 275,000 years. But the edifice that we know today didn't really start growing until about 4000 years ago. More on the history of today's Mount St. Helens at www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/mount-st.-helens/science/holocene-activity-prior-may-18-1980-eruption.