The Yellowstone supervolcano, located five miles underground in Wyoming, has the potential for a massive category eight eruption, vastly more powerful than historical eruptions like Krakatoa. Using Google's AI image generator, researchers have visualized the catastrophic effects of such an eruption, which could annihilate towns within a 50-mile radius and blanket the U.S. in thick ash for years. Although supereruptions haven't occurred in recorded human history, geological evidence indicates that Yellowstone has experienced three such events in the past 2.1 million years, making its potential eruption a subject of concern among scientists.
‘We haven't seen one of these events in the modern historical or scientific record, but the potential for unimaginable destruction exists at Yellowstone.’
‘While the blast would kill thousands and send rivers of molten lava pouring up to 40 miles from the eruption site, this would only be the start of the devastation.’
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