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The baby whale rolled over onto his stomach and the wave from his movement pushed me backward. He looked into my eyes as if he was trying to understand who I was and what I was doing there. I was wondering the same thing about him and I had to ask in a soft voice so I wouldn’t scare him, “What happened to you, little whale? Where is your mother? How did you get lost?” If only I could speak his language. If only I could find out what had happened. Most of all, I wanted to be able to tell him not to worry, that I would try to help. Two hearts in pursuit of the same thing were far stronger than one alone. The baby whale knew this even though we couldn’t speak. Something had brought us together; something much bigger than the two of us. The whale dove and I pressed my face deep into the water so I could watch him. He was close, five feet from me. Holding as still as I could, I floated on my stomach. He didn’t come any closer. He was so big. He seemed to sense that I was a little unsure of him. It surprised me that he didn’t seem the least afraid of me. He floated below the surface. How do you do that? I wondered. I tried, but couldn’t stay at his level. I popped back to the surface like a rubber duck.
apart from Yellowstone they are all oceanic. No one has the faintest idea how or why Yellowstone's ended up beneath a continental plate. Only two things are certain: that the crust at Yellowstone is thin and that the world beneath it is hot. But whether the crust is thin because of the hot spot or whether the hot spot is there because the crust is thin is a matter of heated (as it were) debate. The continental nature of the crust makes a huge difference to its eruptions. Where the other supervolcanoes tend to bubble away steadily and in a comparatively benign fashion, Yellowstone blows explosively. It doesn't happen often, but when it does you want to stand well back.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
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Chase Jarvis
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