Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but they are ignored or dismissed as 'minor'. But when they learn an eruption will happen, panic breaks out through people of the USA and the world.
Practical Effects
BBC budget eruptions that somehow still terrify.
Writing
Scientists actually sound like scientists. Rare!
Director
Tony Mitchell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This BBC/Discovery co-production aired right after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, making its 'ignored warnings' hit uncomfortably close to home.
Real USGS scientists consulted on the script and reportedly loved that someone finally made them the heroes instead of the military.
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