Landsat satellites track Yellowstone's underground heat
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 04:31
in Earth & Climate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yellowstone National Park sits on top of a vast, ancient, and still active volcano. Heat pours off its underground magma chamber, and is the fuel for Yellowstone's famous features -- more than 10,000 hot springs, mud pots, terraces and geysers, including Old Faithful.