# Interesting View of the Yellowstone Caldera **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693 "2012-06-29T13:58:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/1 "2012-06-29T13:58:50Z")
Do you think the artist had something other than geomorphology on their mind when creating [this illustration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yellowstone_Caldera.svg)? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/2 "2012-06-29T14:12:04Z")
Seek help. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/3 "2012-06-29T14:55:02Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Seek help. 😃 Yes, please.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/4 "2012-06-29T14:59:53Z")
I will say that crustal stretching makes me giggle for some reason. It doesn’t sound sexual, just funny 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/5 "2012-06-29T16:13:45Z")
It looks to me like a giant zit. If there is some other (e.g. sexual) innuendo here, I’m just not seeing it. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/6 "2012-06-29T16:49:53Z")
The tan looks like a woman nude, as viewed from below, while the magma looks like, well, you know. Their juxtaposition is a bit funny. See it now? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/7 "2012-06-29T16:52:32Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > Yes, please.😉 Quickly. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/8 "2012-06-29T17:04:21Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Seek help. 😃 Intense, immediate help. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/9 "2012-06-29T17:05:02Z")
It looks like the illustrator took a pic from his work on the zit cream commercial and recyled it. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/10 "2012-06-29T17:43:38Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > The tan looks like a woman nude, as viewed from below, while the magma looks like, well, you know. Their juxtaposition is a bit funny. See it now? The “resurgent dome” was the sugar plum on the cake for me, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/11 "2012-06-29T20:38:00Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > The tan looks like a woman nude, as viewed from below, while the magma looks like, well, you know. If yours is that shape, buddy, you also need to see a doctor.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/12 "2012-06-30T00:17:17Z")
Really, no one else giggled over the “intrusion zone”? ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/13 "2012-06-30T04:33:37Z")
Brittle plastic! I see someone shopped at Victoria’s Secret again 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/14 "2012-07-03T12:00:27Z")
I see a zit. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/15 "2012-07-03T12:36:17Z")
So…will the Earth Move? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/16 "2012-07-03T12:49:11Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > So…will the Earth Move? Ernest, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/17 "2012-07-03T12:56:20Z")
That’s hawt. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/18 "2012-07-03T12:56:23Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > Do you think the artist had something other than geomorphology on their mind when creating [this illustration](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yellowstone_Caldera.svg)? am I the only one just scared of a massive eruption? _ **when there is no protection large enough?** _ eh?:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/19 "2012-07-03T13:08:06Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > am I the only one just scared of a massive eruption? If the eruption lasts for more than four hours, consult your vulcanologist. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693/20 "2012-07-03T14:22:01Z")
Maybe we can delay the eruption. We just need for everyone to think about baseball. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-view-of-the-yellowstone-caldera/626693.md?page=2)