National Park Service: Sunset Crater Volcano Is NOT Erupting

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Source: National Parks Traveler

National Park Service officials found themselves having to debunk Internet chatter this week that the main attraction at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff, Arizona, has erupted.

"The Internet source of the purported eruption is based upon a black-and-white satellite image," park staff say. "The report is not from an academic source or part a scientific agency, such as the United States Geological Survey. Furthermore, no activity has been observed on the ground by park rangers staffing the national monument."

Additionally, the Park Service points out, "Sunset Crater Volcano, part of the San Francisco Volcanic Field, is an extinct cinder cone. Local cinder cones are created by a one-time eruption event and are not known to erupt more than once. Sunset Crater Volcano erupted over 900 years ago, making it the youngest cinder cone in a field of over 600 volcanoes. It is now extinct, and not anticipated to erupt again."
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Read more: http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2015/06/national-park-service-sunset-crater-volcano-not-erupting26717

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[Demeter]

1. Not now, anyway

[Javaman]

2. I love internet rumors.

Bob: hey Joe, you live next to that volcanic park near San Fran, right?

Joe: yeah, why?

Bob: look out your window, is anything erupting?

Joe: I don't have to look, they are extinct.

Bob: humor me.

Joe looks out window. Clear blue sky is all he sees.

Joe: nothing. just a blue sky.

Bob: thought so. there's a rumor on the internet that says there's a volcano erupting in the park.

Joe: WHAT?? I'm GETTING OUT OF HERE!!!

Joe runs out screaming for his life.

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3. This is where it started

The guy saw something on radar and assumed it was a volcanic emission.

[lonestarnot]

4. No, it started in somebody's fart chair.

[Major Nikon]

5. Here's my video of flying over the San Francisco volcano field

In the first half I've got a big spot of condensation inside the GoPro housing which eventually burns off. I've flown over this field a couple of times and it's amazing to see from the air.

[AngryAmish]

6. When did the eruption start, and why won't they warn anyone?