Water Over Rock -- Gibbon Falls in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
by Darin Volpe
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Water Over Rock -- Gibbon Falls in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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Darin Volpe
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Photograph - Photography
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640,000 years ago was the last time Yellowstone Volcano erupted. In a relatively short time, over 620 cubic miles of ash spewed from the volcano. Much of this erupted as a slurry when water in the magma flashed to steam and created a foam that then became a mix of small shards, pumice, and gas that flowed over the landscape, It was over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and was even runnier than water. This incredible volume of ash spread over most of what is now the park and into eastern Idaho, in some places filling canyons up to 650 feet deep.
The water of the Gibbon River has carved the volcanic tuff riverbed into an 80-foot cascade of white water over black volcanic rock, creating ribbons of stone that run parallel to the water's flow. In a game of rock, paper, scissors, water always wins in the end.
The water of the Gibbon River has carved the volcanic tuff riverbed into an 80-foot cascade of white water over black volcanic rock, creating ribbons of stone that run parallel to the water's flow. In a game of rock, paper, scissors, water always wins in the end.
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November 17th, 2019
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