While officials have said the hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone earlier this month isn't a warning sign of impending doom, it's hard not to wonder what a 'supereruption' could look like.

A newly-installed webcam captured a hydrothermal eruption at Yellowstone National Park, less than a year after a sizeable explosion destroyed the same area.. The webcam captured a small eruption ...

While officials have said the hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone earlier this month isn’t a warning sign of impending doom, it’s hard not to wonder what a ‘supereruption’… ...

In order to understand what would happen in the modern day, scientists modeled where ash has been found from previous big eruptions at Yellowstone, which happened most recently 640,000 years ago.

While officials have said the hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone earlier this month isn’t a warning sign of impending doom, it’s hard not to wonder what a ‘supereruption’… ...

The most recent eruption, which happened roughly 640,000 years ago, created the Mesa Falls ash bed, stretching east-southeast from the Yellowstone Plateau, scattering ash primarily in Colorado ...

The most recent eruption, which happened roughly 640,000 years ago, created the Mesa Falls ash bed, stretching east-southeast from the Yellowstone Plateau, scattering ash primarily in Colorado ...

The most recent eruption, which happened roughly 640,000 years ago, created the Mesa Falls ash bed, stretching east-southeast from the Yellowstone Plateau, scattering ash primarily in Colorado ...

The most recent eruption, which happened roughly 640,000 years ago, created the Mesa Falls ash bed, stretching east-southeast from the Yellowstone Plateau, scattering ash primarily in Colorado ...

The most recent eruption, which happened roughly 640,000 years ago, created the Mesa Falls ash bed, stretching east-southeast from the Yellowstone Plateau, scattering ash primarily in Colorado ...