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Second in a series of abstract photos of Iceland and its landscape. This one is from the Gunnuhver geothermal area on the Reykjanes peninsula.
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Crater in hight temperatures In Kerlingarfjöll mountains.
Cratère à hautes températures dans le massif de Kerlingarfjöll.
Hveravellir under the northern lights. Wanted to create a magical atmosphere with the hot steam from the fumaroles and boiling pools. Problem of the situation is that too less steam you don't get someting magical. And with too much fog you don't have details in your northern lights... It took a while but I am happy with the result! The difficult combition is probably why you don't see many pictures from this place with aurora...
Namafjall Hverir geothermal area North Iceland is one of the most intriguing places I’ve ever visited. We saw it right from the roadside of the Ring Road, the main highway of Iceland: uneven ground, riddled with fissures across the red rock. A robust mountain watched over the squat fumaroles, venting steam up into the air. Gaping gray holes bubbled and gurgled hot mud endlessly. At a depth of 1000 meters, the temperature is above 200°C. The water that flows below the surface is quickly heated and comes back to the surface transformed into steam.
The fumarole gas contains hydrogen sulfide that causes that characteristic smell of rotten eggs that makes these places so much fun to explore. When you stand on the viewing platform, overlooking the barren land, you will soon understand why NASA used this place as a training center for their astronauts.The conditions here are so unfriendly that no visible life grows. Instead it’s the angry earth that’s on display, bubbling and steaming, and throwing up coloured elements and sulfur-rich minerals that streak the ground blue, black, green and yellow. A reminder that under its deceptively calm surface, the earth is constantly churning. Some steam craters look just like pressure cookers, ready to explode. The simmering mud pools resemble witches’ cauldrons. A big thank you to everyone who took time to comment and take a look at my photo.
Fumarole at the geothermal area named Hverir, east of Mt. Námafjall, close to Lake Myvatn, northern Iceland.
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The Leihrnjúkur lava field is located near Mývatn area in Iceland.
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Tallest mountain in Iran and tallest volcano in Asia. Not erupted for over 7000 years but there are hot springs and sulphur emitting fumaroles. 5609 metres high (18,403 feet) it's summit is seen here from the Goosfand Sara camp which has a small mosque and is accessible by car. This car park is 3,040 metres above sea level (9,974 feet)
At the earth's thin crust at Namafjall Hverir, in North Iceland, Fumaroles vent with steam into the freezing cold air. There are no fences around the Fumaroles here, so our guide went right up to the vent and put his hand in the steam. He knew the how high he had to hold his hand not to get burned by the steam. The rocks at the vent were white hot, so I chose not to test the heat of the steam!
is a high-temperature geothermal area with fumaroles and mud pots. At a depth of 1000 m, the temperature is above 200°C. Along with the steam comes fumarole gas, such as hydrogen sulfide which is responsible for the characteristic hot spring smell in these areas. The hot springs produce considerable sulphur deposits. In previous centuries sulphur was mined in Iceland to produce gun powder.
A geothermal region with boiling sulfuric mud springs and steam vents, Námaskarð is located at a short distance from huge volcanic mountain Krafla. Námaskarð, Hverarönd is an expanse of fumaroles, hot springs, mud pools, and mud pots. In this stunning arctic dessert, you will find boiling water and lands. Due to the hot surface, there is no vegetation found at Námaskarð geothermal area. The constant emission of acids has made the surface completely sterile and acidic. The presence of colorful minerals at this site provides an amazing panoramic view. Natural black rivers and boiling pools emitting steam and smoke lay in this colorful landscape are breathtaking. Everything at this acidic land is permeated with Sulphur, even the air, making the area quite distinct.
At the foothills of this spectacular volcanic mountain is an expanse of hot springs called Hveraröndor Hverir that are known for their changing variety. You may also find a number of fumaroles, mud pools and mud pots that all seem to be boiling with relentless energy. The pass Námaskarð is strategically located at a short distance from the Krafla volcano system as well as other interesting geological spots like Búrfellshraun and the desert Mývatsöræfi.
Námaskarð earns its notoriety chiefly because of its sulphurous mud springs called solfataras and steam springs called fumaroles. Though you will scarcely find any pure water spring in this wonderful geothermal site of Iceland, the beauty of the colorful minerals defies all comparisons. The gigantic size of the mud craters is what makes you go 'wow' at the sight of them.
The other thing that is sure to strike you about Námaskarð is the sheer lack of vegetation. However, if you give a thought to the high temperature range, it does not appear an impossibility altogether. The constant emission of the fumes has made the ground utterly sterile and acidic, unfit to sustain any floras and faunas. You must bear in mind that the fumes can be harmful for humans as well.
In the south of the Krafla caldera, close to the Námafjall, Hverir is a geothermal area with with boiling mudpools and steaming fumaroles.
Hverir, Norðurland eystra, Iceland
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Despite all the signs by the road advising visitors not to enter, this man stands in the middle of a field of fumaroles at Steamboat Point above Yellowstone Lake along the E. Entrance Road In Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. He peers down into one of the steam vents. He has been walking around through the statements, making a video on the cell phone. Walking through thermal areas is foolhardy and dangerous. On a slope like this one, a trip or loss of footing could cause the interloper to fall into one of the vents. The ground in thermal areas features can be a thin crust and one's weight can cause it to break away and allow the visitor to come and contact with thermal fluids and/or steam. Thermal burns are extremely painful and have been fatal to several Yellowstone Park Visitors. It's amazing the risks some individuals will take in order to post a video to their social media.
The fumaroles at Steamboat point are the first major thermal features a visitor will encounter when entering Yellowstone from the east. Fumaroles are vents or openings at the surface where volcanic gases and vapors are emitted. Faint to loud roars and hissing can be heard as the gas escapes the vent. Most of the vapor emitted by fumaroles is steam, formed as groundwater circulates deeply through heated rock. The water vapor mixes with volcanic gases given off by magma deep below in Yellowstone’s caldera. These volcanic gases include sulfur compounds, such as various sulfur oxides and hydrogen sulfide which accounts for the sulfur or “rotten egg smell” visitors may notice. There are no geysers that erupt water here. The fumaroles at Steamboat Point are some of the thermal features associated with the Marys Bay hydrothermal explosion crater that forms this rounded bay on the northeast side of Yellowstone Lake. There are several such hydrothermal explosion craters scattered across Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. They range from tens of feet to more than a mile across. This one at Marys Bay is not only the largest hydrothermal explosion crater documented in Yellowstone but it is also the largest in the world. It measures 1.5 miles (2.6 km) in diameter and forms an embayment on the north side of Lake Yellowstone. The crater, which formed 13,800 years ago, may have been the result of several separate explosions over a short period of time. The cause or trigger for these hydrothermal explosions are not fully understood but pressure release due to glacial melting, earthquakes, or rapid changes in lake levels could be significant factors. Geological studies have found that these large, violent hydrothermal events are independent of associated volcanism. In the past 16,000 years, none of these events have been followed by an eruption of magma. The deeper magma systems seen unaffected by these sometimes spectacular steam explosions in their overlying hydrothermal systems.
The crater of Vulcano, a small volcano on the Italian island under the same name. As you can see, the volcano emitts pretty intense fumaroles. Silhouettes of hikers can be seen on the ridge.
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Depending on the ground water level, Grizzly Fumarole is some times a bubbling mudpot and other times, it is a steam vent. Dried mud is visible on the vents but only gas was coming out on this July day.
If you want to feel the heat of Iceland, go to Hverir, a large geothermal field of bubbling mudpots, hissing fumaroles and sticky red soil. Fumeroles are openings in the Earth’s crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide. This one was steaming and hissing at its best.
A geothermal region with boiling sulfuric mud springs and steam vents, Námaskarð is located at a short distance from huge volcanic mountain Krafla. Námaskarð, Hverarönd is an expanse of fumaroles, hot springs, mud pools, and mud pots. In this stunning arctic dessert, you will find boiling water and lands. Due to the hot surface, there is no vegetation found at Námaskarð geothermal area. The constant emission of acids has made the surface completely sterile and acidic. The presence of colorful minerals at this site provides an amazing panoramic view. Natural black rivers and boiling pools emitting steam and smoke lay in this colorful landscape are breathtaking. Everything at this acidic land is permeated with Sulphur, even the air, making the area quite distinct.
Namafjall is a geothermal area close to Lake Myvatn in Northern Iceland. This area has numerous fumaroles(natural steam vents), hot springs,
Smokey fumaroles, near Hveragerði, Iceland. Hveragerði is a town in the south of Iceland located 45 km to the east of Reykjavík on Iceland's main ringroad, Route 1.
Hakone volcano, Kanagawa Pref., Japan. This photo was taken from Hakone ropeway. Sulfur is deposited on the yellow-colored slope.
大涌谷の噴気の様子。箱根ロープウェイより撮影。
A farm, in Hveragerði, Iceland, close to the Hengill volcano. The volcano is still active, and you can see one of its fumaroles here. The site was pretty amazing to see, with its bubbling hot water coming out of the ground, steaming hot streams and steam gushing out furiously out of the ground.
The town of Hveragerði is actually a hotbed for Icelandic horticulture due to all of its greenhouses, which are heated by hot water from volcanic hot springs underground.
The Tarso Toussidé volcanic massif is featured in this false-colour composite image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
Tarso Toussidé, capped by the Toussidé (potentially active) stratovolcano, is located in the western end of the Tibesti Mountains, in Chad. With an elevation of 3265 m above sea level, Toussidé is the second highest peak in Tibesti, after Emi Koussi.
Toussidé has undergone a number of eruptions and lava flows, with the lava reaching lengths of 25 km and covering an area of 200 sq km, appearing to have ‘stained’ the ground in the process. The volcano ejected tephra, fragments of rock and volcano glass, lava and ash. In the middle of the field lies Pic Toussidé, a lava dome which can be seen poking out of the caldera.
Toussidé is said to be amongst the youngest volcanoes in Tibesti. A large number of fumaroles (openings in or near a volcano through which gases emerge) are active on its summit, exhaling mostly water vapour at temperatures of 40–60 °C – suggesting it is the only active Tibesti volcano.
Just next to Toussidé, in the far-right of the image, lies the Trou au Natron caldera, which sits at an elevation of around 2450 m. A number of volcanic cones sit on the floor of the caldera, with numerous vents and hot springs on the caldera’s floor emitting hot steam.
Much of the surface of the caldera is lined with a white crust of salts, including sodium carbonite. These crusts are usually formed when mineral-rich steam is emitted from small vents on the crater’s floor, and when this evaporates in the heat, the minerals are left behind.
The caldera has an irregular diameter of around 6-8 km and is up to 1000 m deep, and is said to have been filled by a freshwater lake during the last glacial maximum.
In the left of the image, the red shows sparse vegetation along the ephemeral creeks.
Satellite imagery is a practical way to study remote areas such as the volcanic regions in the Tibesti Mountain Range. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission carries a multispectral imager with 13 spectral bands and has a wide swath coverage, delivering data on Earth’s land every five days.
This image, acquired on 21 September 2019, is also featured on the Earth from Space video programme.
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contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019), processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
Fumarole in a high temperature geothermal area in northern Iceland. The fumaroles are openings in the earths´ crust which emit gases and steam as supreheated water vaporizes when it reaches the surface.
Hverasvæðið á Þeistareykjum.
200-to-300-foot (60 to 90 m) tall pinnacles were formed when hot gas escaped from valcano fumaroles cementing the ash and pumice together. Later erosion removed the softer surrounding ash and pumice.
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA
Strokkur (Icelandic [ˈstrɔhkʏr̥], "churn") is a fountain-type geyser located in a geothermal area beside the Hvítá River in Iceland in the southwest part of the country, east of Reykjavík. It typically erupts every 6–10 minutes. Its usual height is 15–20 metres (49–66 ft), although it can sometimes erupt up to 40 metres (130 ft) high.
Strokkur belongs to the Haukadalur valley area, where various other geothermal feature such as mud pools, fumaroles and other geysers are located around it, such as the famous Geysir geyser, which lies only 160 feet to the north.
Campo di fumarole alle pendici del vulcano Sinabung
Fumarole field on the slopes of volcano Sinabung
3°11'01"N 98°30'12"E
Higher than clouds. Fumaroles and the crater of Gorely volcano. Russia, Kamchatka Territory. August 2018
🇫🇷 Utiliser le zoom pour voir les mineurs de soufre.
🇬🇧 Using the zoom to see the sulphur miners
🇪🇸 Usando el zoom para ver los mineros de azufre
🇩🇪 Verwenden Sie den Zoom, um die Schwefelminenarbeiter zu sehen
🇮🇹 Usare lo zoom per vedere i minatori di zolfo
🇬🇧 The lush vegetation has given way to a lunar landscape, striking in its absence of animal and plant life. Thick white smoke rises from the crater, dissipating in the wind. These are solfataras, fumaroles laden with sulphur dioxide and hydrochloric acid, which are highly irritatingWear a gas mask or, failing that, a wet scarf to protect yourself from the sulphur fumes.
Descending into the soufrière is no longer strictly forbidden (as it was when we were there).
Men, like real slave labourers, have to extract blocks of sulphur weighing several kilos, in the middle of unbreathable fumaroles. Metal pipes trap and cool some of the sulphur vapour, which gradually crystallises before finally solidifying at the end of the long pipes and being extracted. Wearing mostly simple rubber boots and with a cloth or rag in their mouths as a mask, these extreme miners fill baskets with these blocks, bring them to the surface of the crater and then descend into the valley to finally have them weighed and earn a wage.
If you get there before sunrise, you can see strange blue lava flows that seem to trickle down the sides of the crater. The lava is actually sulphur in a gaseous state, which ignites on contact with the air, creating a totally surreal spectacle, guaranteed without any trickery!
🇫🇷 La végétation luxuriante a laisse place à un paysage lunaire, qui frappe par l’absence de vie animale et végétale. Une épaisse fumée blanche sort du cratère et se dissipe au gré du vent. Ce sont les solfatares, ces fumerolles chargées de dioxyde de soufre et d’acide chlorhydrique fortement irritantes Se munir du masque à gaz ou, à défaut, un foulard humide pour se prémunir des émanations de soufre
La descente dans la soufrière n’est plus formellement interdite(comme lors de notre passage ,)
Des hommes, tels de véritables forçats, s’astreignent à extraire des blocs de soufre de plusieurs kilos, au milieu des fumerolles irrespirables. Des canalisations en métal emprisonnent et refroidissent une partie de ces vapeurs de soufre qui se cristallisent progressivement pour se solidifier définitivement à la sortie de ces longs tuyaux et ainsi être extraites. Chaussés pour la plupart de simples bottes en caoutchouc et avec une étoffe ou un chiffon dans la bouche en guise de masque, ces mineurs de l’extrême remplissent des paniers avec ces blocs, les remontent à la surface du cratère puis redescendent dans la vallée pour finalement les faire peser et en tirer un salaire
.Si on y arrive avant le lever du soleil, on peut observer d’étranges coulées de lave bleue qui semblent ruisseler sur les flancs du cratère. Il s’agit en fait de soufre à l’état gazeux, qui s’enflamme au contact de l’air, offrant ainsi un spectacle totalement surréaliste, Garanti sans trucage !
🇪🇸 en el sureste de Java (Indonesia), tiene un volumen de unos 50 millones de metros cúbicos de una solución con un pH muy cercano a 0. En estas condiciones de acidez muy alta, composición química particular y temperatura elevada, la vida está prácticamente ausente de estos entornos.
Todas estas condiciones provocan un cambio en el color del agua, que suele ir del verde claro al turquesa. Así, mientras que el ácido sulfúrico es responsable del color verde, las cianobacterias son responsables del color turquesa. Sus colores, a veces distintos, cambian regular y rápidamente,
Los lagos ácidos más famosos son el Poás (el más ácido del mundo) y el Irazú en Costa Rica, el Kawah Ijen (el más grande, el más cargado de azufre y el segundo más ácido), el Inielika y el Kelimutu en Indonesia, el Ambae en Vanuatu1, el Furna do Enxofre en las Azores
🇩🇪 Die üppige Vegetation hat einer Mondlandschaft Platz gemacht, die durch das Fehlen von tierischem und pflanzlichem Leben auffällt. Aus dem Krater steigt dichter weißer Rauch auf, der sich mit dem Wind verflüchtigt. Das sind die Solfataren, Fumarolen, die mit stark reizendem Schwefeldioxid und Salzsäure beladen sindSie sollten eine Gasmaske oder alternativ ein feuchtes Tuch tragen, um sich vor den Schwefelausdünstungen zu schützen.
Der Abstieg in die Soufrière ist nicht mehr streng verboten (wie bei unserem Besuch ,).
Die Männer müssen wie Sträflinge kiloschwere Schwefelblöcke inmitten von Fumarolen abbauen, die den Atem rauben. Metallrohre fangen einen Teil der Schwefeldämpfe ein und kühlen sie ab, sodass sie nach und nach kristallisieren und sich am Ausgang der langen Rohre endgültig verfestigen und so herausgezogen werden können. Die meisten tragen einfache Gummistiefel und haben ein Tuch oder einen Lappen als Maske im Mund. Diese Extrembergleute füllen Körbe mit diesen Blöcken, heben sie an die Oberfläche des Kraters und steigen dann wieder ins Tal hinab, wo sie schließlich gewogen werden, um einen Lohn zu erhalten.
Wenn man vor Sonnenaufgang dort ankommt, kann man seltsame blaue Lavaströme sehen, die an den Kraterflanken herunterzulaufen scheinen. Es handelt sich dabei um gasförmigen Schwefel, der sich an der Luft entzündet und so ein surreales Schauspiel bietet.
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La vegetazione lussureggiante ha lasciato il posto a un paesaggio lunare, che colpisce per l'assenza di vita animale e vegetale. Dal cratere si leva un denso fumo bianco che si disperde nel vento. Si tratta di solfatare, fumarole cariche di anidride solforosa e acido cloridrico, altamente irritantiIndossate una maschera antigas o, in mancanza, una sciarpa umida per proteggervi dalle esalazioni di zolfo.
Scendere nella soufrière non è più severamente vietato (come lo era quando ci siamo stati noi).
Gli uomini, come veri e propri schiavi, devono estrarre blocchi di zolfo del peso di diversi chili, in mezzo a fumarole irrespirabili. Tubi metallici intrappolano e raffreddano parte del vapore di zolfo, che gradualmente si cristallizza prima di solidificarsi alla fine dei lunghi tubi ed essere estratto. Indossando per lo più semplici stivali di gomma e con un panno o uno straccio in bocca come maschera, questi minatori estremi riempiono ceste con questi blocchi, li portano alla superficie del cratere e poi scendono a valle per farli finalmente pesare e guadagnare un salario.
Se si arriva prima dell'alba, si possono vedere strane colate di lava blu che sembrano scendere dai lati del cratere. La lava è in realtà zolfo allo stato gassoso, che si incendia a contatto con l'aria, creando uno spettacolo del tutto surreale, garantito senza alcun trucco!
The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. A total of 1,283 geysers have erupted in Yellowstone, 465 of which are active during an average year. These are distributed among nine geyser basins with "only" 50 found Midway Basin. (The last post I made of Norris Geyser Basin which has 193 active geysers. It's not so much the numbers as it is the area that these basins encompass.)