Typo? L3 would be the opposite side of the sun from the planet.
P.S. Somehow we’ve segued from a discussion of the Yellowstone caldera to hiding a melted asteroid space station behind Ceres.
They must have known something was coming, because evacuation orders were issued two months before the eruption, and Harry Randall Truman’s refusal to evacuate turned him into a minor celebrity. Then he died.
Yes, amd the day before the eruption they allowed property owner back to their homes so they could get useful stuff out. And they had another such trip scheduled for the owners on the same day the eruption occurred.
Most of the people who died were outside the evacuation zone because they had no idea the explosion would be so big.
Point is, they knew two months ahead of time (at least) that something was up. I think if we had that much notice that something was up at Yellowstone, panic would ensue. With Yellowstone, everyone would assume a major eruption.
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Sorry. It’ll work for at least a little while.
For those suggesting a bg reservior of water or even liquid nitrogen, consider a mass of molten rock one cubic mile in volume, with an average temperature of at least 2,000 degrees. Oh sorry, that was for Krakatoa, or Katmai or Pinatubo. A super blow out at Yellowstone might range between 200 and 1,000 cubic miles.
Exactly. Plus, anyone who’s cooked or frozen a large cut of meat knows it takes a LONG time for heat or cold to penetrate; and we’re only talking a few inches. A puddle of water, or liquid nitrogen, or whatever, would reach a temperature gradient equilibrium within a few dozen or few hundred feet of the bottom of the lake. It’s not going to affect what’s below that, except to make the surface crust a bit thicker and harder, thus raising the pressure and assuring that the big blow, when it happens, with be that much more spectacular. Meanwhile, my guess is that the big blow-up which can loft millions of tons of rock into the air will have no problem lofting the surface liquid first along with the full blast. Any mixing and damping effect will happen 20 miles up in the atmosphere, not at ground level. What if any effect on dispersal patterns that might have - maybe it will slow some of the first dispersal at small amount, but after that, it won’t matter.
So clearly what we need is. . .
A mixture of lead, mercury, and honey, encased in liquid helium.