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Image: Yellowstone Caldera

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Description: "At Yellowstone and some other volcanoes, some scientists theorize that the earth's crust fractures and cracks in a concentric or ring-fracture pattern. At some point these cracks reach the magma “reservoir,” release the pressure, and the volcano explodes. The huge amount of material released causes the volcano to collapse into a huge crater—a caldera." From nps.gov
Title: Yellowstone Caldera
Credit: File:Yellowstone_Caldera.gif which is from http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/fountainpaint/hotspot_yell.htm
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