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Yellowstone Supervolcano, special effects first steps part 1

This is the first special effects sequence I ever made. The only sound on this one is the 2 min intro! In this part; Earthquakes rock the area surrounding and overlying the supervolcano as magma pushes up on the crust. Geysers explode as heat created by the volcano increases, and hydrothermal activity intensifies. Everyone in the USA is scared s**tless, and all try to 'evacuate' simultaneously, resulting in the largest gridlock ever seen. Land deformation destabilizes the rock strata for miles, causing landslides. Then weak rock then let's the viscous, gaseous magma through, calming the intense activity as the magma pushes past. The evacuation rewinds to the start as people begin to beleive that Yellowstone will not erupt. And when it erupts the gases violently escape and rapidly combust, resulting in an explosive eruption. This is vented out through a giant ring of volcanic vents called a 'ring fracture' where the many vents merge into fewer vents, oriented towards the center of the volcano.

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