Skype With Yellow Stone
- Trappers wanted furs for money. They wanted beavers fur. They wanted the beaver because beaver hats were very popular at that time.
- There are 26 different Native Americans tribes that are associated withe Yellowstone
- People did not want to stay in Yellowstone because it was very cold it could get to -30°F
- You could find 6 feet of snow in Yellowstone during the winter
- People stayed in the summer when it was 80 to 90°F
- You could not get around yellow stone
- Yellow stone is very, very isolated
- A kind of rock that is found in Yellowstone is obsidian
- When the volcano erupted the ash went to Illinois. I was very surprised to learn this because I thought that the lava dried in one place and the ash stayed in one place.
- When the volcano erupted the ash went into the trees and it became petrified trees, they ate actually not wood they became stone
- magma can be found 20 feet below the earths crust
- The hot springs can be up to 200°F
- The mud pods in Yellowstone sound like bubbles popping. We made the popping noise with our mouths and it was very loud.
- the opening to Old Faithful is the size of your fist. I thought that sense the water is so big the hole would be very big.
When the volcano erupted in Yellowstone the ash went all the way to Illinois. I was very surprised to learn this because I thought that the lava dried in one place and the ash stayed in one place. I also was surprised to learn that there are mud pods that sound like bubbles popping.