Is pressure cooker of Yellowstone set to burst?

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Johanna Workman, Deseret Morning News

A lone visitor walks on the pathway overlooking the prism pools at Yellowstone. Some geologists are urging the government to vent steam and magma by drilling, rather than waiting for an imminent, giant and calamitous blast.

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