Each year, roughly three million people visit Yellowstone National Park to look at the magnificent beauty that is being presented to them. These tourists come to experience the vast range of wildlife and natural wonders. The National Park’s features were formed some 600,000 years ago. Yellowstone owns one of the most visited attractions in the United States, Old Faithful. Although the park may be fun to experience, it is also very dangerous due to the fact that the entire park is on a supervolcano.
Yellowstone National Park was established March 1, 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant signed The Act of Dedication--years before Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming were even granted statehood. Most of Yellowstone’s landscape and geological features were formed by volcanic eruptions roughly 600,000 years ago. A large mass of molten rock from those eruptions still lies under the park’s surface, giving heat to the roughly 300 active geysers and thousands of hot springs. Yellowstone has something for everyone, whether it is to: see Old Faithful, witness the grazing animals, or experience a supervolcano up close.
The park's most popular and most visited geyser, Old Faithful, is also one of the best known and most visited attractions in America. According to World Book Students’ Yellowstone …show more content…
The term “supervolcano” is a volcano with the capability to produce an eruption of more than 250 cubic miles. Although the last time the supervolcano erupted was 640,000 years ago, it still has many scientist in an uproar. The last eruption was 2,500 times larger than the May 18, 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption, which caused $969.8 million dollars worth of damage. Scientists believe that if Yellowstone erupts, the entire United States would be covered in ash; some areas would get as little as 1-3 inches, but areas closer to the supervolcano, could exceed 1000 inches of