A
National Geographic documentary called
Earth Shocks portrayed the destructive impact of the rapid eruption at
Lake Toba approximately 75,000 years ago, which caused a phenomenon known as the
Millennial Ice Age that lasted for ~1000 years and killed an estimated 60 to 75%
[16][17][18][19][20] of the human population of the time.
An eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano is one of the scenarios depicted in the docu-drama
End Day,
BBC website.
In 2005 a two-part television
docudrama entitled
Supervolcano was shown on BBC, the
Discovery Channel, and other television networks worldwide. It looked at the events that could take place if the
Yellowstone supervolcano erupted. It featured footage of volcano eruptions from around the world and
computer-generated imagery depicting the event. According to the program, such an
eruption would have devastating effect across the
globe and would cover virtually all of the
United States with at least 1 cm of
volcanic ash, causing mass destruction in the nearby vicinity and killing
plants and
wildlife across the
continent. The dramatic elements in the program were followed by
Supervolcano: The Truth About Yellowstone, a documentary about the evidence behind the
movie. The program had originally been scheduled to be transmitted in early 2005, but it was felt that this would be insensitive so soon after the
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The program and its accompanying
documentaries were released on
DVD region 2 simultaneously with its broadcast.
Nova featured an episode
Mystery of the Megavolcano, examining such eruptions in the last 100,000 years.
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In 2006 the
Sci Fi Channel aired the documentary
Countdown to Doomsday which featured a segment called "Supervolcano".
In 2006
ABC News aired the documentary
Last Days on Earth which featured a segment called "Supervolcano".
In the
Stargate Atlantis episode
Inferno, the main characters are caught in the eruption of a supervolcano and escape using an Ancient warship.
In 2008 the Yellowstone supervolcano was featured in the BBC program
10 things you didn't know about Volcanoes, presented by Dr Iain Stewart, a volcanologist
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