| The Yellowstone National Park is one of the | | | | park which spread across the globe. The film |
| world's greatest natural land and water | | | | featured stunning imagery of volcanic |
| formations. It is only natural that a lot of | | | | eruptions and showed computer simulations of |
| novels, movies and documentaries have been | | | | how the earth might look like after such |
| written about the park. The park is the | | | | violent destruction. It all ends with the |
| subject or the location of some media | | | | park and a large part of the US buried in |
| exploring both its beauty and its hidden | | | | volcanic ash. And like all the other doomsday |
| fictional and real sinister power. | | | | movies, the whole earth was affected by the |
| | | | eruptions and turned into a crazy world with |
| The earliest known movies associated with the | | | | the upper part in volcanic winter and the |
| park were taken in 1897 and directed by Mr. | | | | lower part in ice age or in drought. The |
| Thomas A. Edison; these were reported by two | | | | second part of the docudrama was more of a |
| black-and-white mini-movies entitled | | | | documentary that provides evidence to the |
| "Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park" (18 | | | | authenticity of the movie. It was entitled |
| seconds) and "Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, | | | | "Supervolcano: The Truth About Yellowstone". |
| Yellowstone Park" (26 seconds). | | | | |
| | | | Departing from documentaries, the Yellowstone |
| One of the many movie guides made from the | | | | National Park is another one of Hollywood's |
| park is that with an obvious title of | | | | favorite venues. Movies starring the best of |
| "Yellowstone Park", which features the | | | | the stars have dominated the box office. One |
| grandeur of the park's beautiful scenery. It | | | | such movie is the 1992 film version of the |
| was designed to promote the park by | | | | novel with the same title: The River Runs |
| showcasing the different water forms that the | | | | Through It, which grossed $43,440,294 based |
| park offers to the visitors: its beautiful | | | | on the report of Another one of these is |
| geysers, waterfalls, hotsprings and | | | | "The Horse Whisperer", also an adaptation of |
| reflective lakes. The film took 25000 hours | | | | a novel with the same title written by the |
| to complete but it was well worth the effort | | | | renowned Nicholas Sparks. |
| of the team. | | | | |
| | | | Even NASA has some mini-movies dedicated to |
| Other travelogs include the much acclaimed | | | | the park. In the Cool Cosmos website, short |
| best travelog "Yellowstone: Imprints of | | | | movies (less that one minute) were posted, |
| Geologic Time", "Yellowstone's Amazing | | | | all designed to show through infrared |
| Wildlife", and "Yellowstone: The World's Most | | | | videography both the beauty and power of the |
| Amazing Park". "Amazing Wonders of the World: | | | | "Earth's geothermal power". These include |
| Kingdom of the West - Yellowstone, Yosemite | | | | some geysers, hot springs and even some local |
| & Glacier National Parks" also featured | | | | wildlife, all captured in infrared. It shows |
| the park along with the two other natural | | | | an interesting and unique way to view the |
| parks of equal beauty. | | | | park. |
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| A docudrama series shown in BBC and Discovery | | | | These are just few of the numerous movies |
| channel, the first part of which is entitled | | | | credited to the beauty of the majestic |
| "Supervolcano", evolved around the park's | | | | Yellowstone Park. We should be expecting more |
| volcanic caldera. The film's fictional | | | | movies of greater caliber to be made of this |
| characters struggled to contain the | | | | awesome wonder of nature in the years to |
| spontaneous eruptions happening all over the | | | | come. |