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Eruptions along the North American Plate and Yellowstone hotspot

The North American Plate has slowly moved westward over an active magma chamber, leaving a trail of past eruptions on the landscape. The hot spot now lies beneath Yellowstone Park. (Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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