Stories the Earth Tells with Dan Gish: Yellowstone
Thu, Mar 05
|Ditmars Orchard & Vineyard
This session explores Yellowstone’s supervolcano, contrasting its surface beauty with powerful forces below and what recent activity may mean for the Midwest. Free to attend!
Time & Location
Mar 05, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Ditmars Orchard & Vineyard, 19475 225th St, Council Bluffs, IA 51503, USA
About the Event
Don't miss out on this amazing thought provoking evening with Dan Gish - this series of events is free to attend!
Stories the Earth Tells with Dan Gish
Yellowstone: Beauty, Power, and the Supervolcano Beneath
Yellowstone is celebrated for its breathtaking landscapes, geysers, and wildlife, but beneath its beauty lies one of the most powerful geological systems on Earth. In this session of Stories the Earth Tells, geologist and geophysicist Dan Gish explores the science and scale of the Yellowstone supervolcano and what it reveals about our planet’s inner workings.
Dan breaks down the volcano metrics that define a supervolcano, offers a compelling “Beauty and the Beast” comparison between Yellowstone’s serene surface and its immense subsurface forces, and examines recent changes in geothermal and seismic activity. The talk also addresses potential impacts to the Midwest, placing sensational headlines into a clear, scientific context.
Informative, thought-provoking, and grounded in decades of experience, this…