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Haukadalur, from Old Norse: Haukadalr ("hawk dale"), is a valley with significant geothermal activity in Iceland, home to the most famous of Icelandic geysers – Geysir itself.
The shallow valley is at about 100 m above sea level about 110 km (70 mi) to the north-west of Reykjavík. Haukadalur is part of the Golden Circle tourist route, so it does get busy, but it is a great spot for some atmospheric photos, even when the Icelandic weather is as gloomy as it often is.
This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.
El Misti Volcano Arequipa 20221121
Misti, also known as Putina or Guagua Putina, is a stratovolcano of andesite, dacite, and rhyolite located in southern Peru near the city of Arequipa. With its seasonally snow-capped, symmetrical cone, Misti stands at 5,822 meters above sea level and lies between the Chachani massif (6,075 m) and Pichu Pichu volcano (5,669 m. Its last eruption was in 1985.
Misti has three concentric craters. Active fumaroles can be seen in the inner crater. Near the inner crater, six Inca mummies and rare Inca artifacts were found in 1998 during a month-long excavation directed by archaeologists Johan Reinhard and Jose Antonio Chavez. These findings are currently stored at the Museo de Santuarios Andinos in Arequipa.
A long history of eruptions from Misti and its neighboring volcanoes has caused the local soil to be extremely fertile, making the surrounding area one of the most agriculturally productive in Peru. Locals also make extensive use of a white volcanic rock called sillar, which is strong but easily workable. The city of Arequipa has a significant number of buildings constructed with sillar, resulting in the nickname la ciudad blanca ("the white city").
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Our arrival at the volcanic Myvatn area in Central-North Iceland with steam and volcanic fumaroles visible from afar.
This hissing mountain of steam is the only thing like it in Yellowstone. Roaring Mountain is a barren hillside of thermal features called fumaroles. It got its name from the loud hissing and roaring that it makes due to thermal activity and could be heard miles away in the days of its discovery. Nowadays the roaring has quieted a bit but can still be heard if you listen carefully. There are no trees on the most active parts of Roaring Mountain due to the intense heat and gases that emminate through its vents. Its slopes are inhospitable to all but the toughest microorgansims. This unique mountain is in one of the hottest parts of Yellowstone National Park.
Roaring Mountain is formed of rhyolite, a volcanic rock that contains 70-75% silica, which combined with the thermal action gives it this white appearance. Looks like snow but isn't.
So many wonders in this special ecosystem.
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A dive in the site of Geyser Sol Mañana, 4950 m above sea level, with its fumaroles and bubbling cauldrons, as if you were there!
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Geyser Sol de Mañana, comme si vous y étiez
Une plongée dans le site de Geyser Sol de Mañana, à 4950 m d'altitude, avec ses fumerolles et chaudrons bouillonnants, comme si vous y étiez !
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Geyser Sol de Mañana- Désert Sud Lipez - Bolivie / Geyser Sol de Mañana - Southern Lipez desert - Bolivia
The Námafjall or Hverir geothermal area near Mývatn Lake in northern Iceland features bubbling pools of mud and fumaroles emitting sulfuric gas.
Santa María Volcano is a large active volcano in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, close to the city of Quetzaltenango.
Prior to the Spanish Conquest it was called Gagxanul in the local K'iche' language.
Its eruption in 1902 was one of the four largest eruptions of the 20th century, after the 1912 Novarupta and 1991 Pinatubo eruptions.
It is also one of the five biggest eruptions of the past 200 (and probably 300) years.
From the cold winter of the last photo to the hot summer: thermal features of Yellowstone
"The Lower Geyser Basin is the largest geyser basin in area, in Yellowstone National Park. It covers approximately 11 square miles. By comparison, the Upper Geyser Basin only covers about one square mile. Because of its large size, the thermal features in the Lower Geyser Basin tend to be clumped in widely spaced groups. The easiest grouping to get to and probably the most interesting to explore is the Fountain Paint Pot area."
yellowstone.net/intro/lower-basin/
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Steam billows from a fumarole at Steamboat Point, located along Mary Bay on the northeastern shore of Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Fumaroles are vents where steam and gases escapes from the earth, a reminder of the park’s active geothermal system. This photo was taken on the first day the East Entrance Road opened for the 2025 season, when winter still lingers. Ice covers most of the lake, though pockets of open water appear near the shoreline in the lower right of the image. Steamboat Point is a good place to observe the sun set over Yellowstone Lake.
This tiny geyser, which will become a blooping mudpot as it dries out and then a fumarole before it rains again, was a tiny roiling hot spring at the time it was photographed. Only about a foot in diameter.
Lassen Volcanic National Park, June, 2020.
In the Namafjall Geothermal Area a fumarole steams away in the foreground, with the famous Hverfjall tephra ring volcano in the mid background, Hverir, Myvatn, Iceland.
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. . . How do you describe this scene? The entire side of a mountain stripped bare of trees and steam gushing out of holes in the ground (called fumaroles). They say the steam roaring out of the vents can be heard up to 4 miles away!
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The preserve encompasses most of the over 20 km wide bowl of an ancient volcano, whose continuing low-grade activity generates phenomena similar to some of those at Yellowstone, including hotsprings, fumaroles, mud pots etc. (No geysers, though!)
Fountain Paint Pot is a hydrothermal feature in Yellowstone National Park's Lower Geyser Basin known for its colourful mud pots.
It contains a variety of geothermal features, including mud pots, geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles. The mud's colours, which can include reds, yellows, and browns, come from the iron in the mud and its oxidation states.
The harsh climate this creates here shapes the flora and fauna that grows there such as these barren -but photogenic – trees
Hverir è una delle zone geotermali più attive di tutta l'islanda. Conosciuta anche come Hverarönd, la regione è famosa per il colore ocra dei suoi paesaggi e, principalmente, per le numerose fumarole e le pozze di fango bollente che si distribuiscono lungo tutta la sua superficie.
La vegetazione è inesistente: il calore della terra, l’acidità nel suolo e i fumi velenosi rendono pressoché impossibile la vita.
Hverir is one of the most active geothermal areas in all of Iceland. Also known as Hverarönd, the region is famous for the ocher color of its landscapes and, mainly, for the numerous fumaroles and boiling mud pools that are distributed throughout its surface.
Vegetation is non-existent: the heat of the earth, the acidity in the soil and the poisonous fumes make life almost impossible.
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Vented steam, gas, and smoke from the Kīlauea summit is illuminated by throat magma and gas flares at evening twilight. ‘Āina a ke akua i noho ai…Land where the goddess dwells. Pele is the Hawaiian deity of elemental forces of nature, particularly volcanoes and volcanic landscapes, and dwells in Halema’uma’u crater. She is attributed with both destruction and creation.
Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, Wyoming
Fumaroles venting steam in a geothermal basin on a cool September morning.
It is a geothermal field located in the Andes mountain range, being the highest of world (4,200 mts of height) and it is located at 89 kilometers of San Pedro. It in the morning early hours presents an impressive steam fumaroles activity produced by the high temperatures of its watery craters. It is surrounded by hills that reach 5900 meters of height.
Es un campo geotérmico ubicado en la Cordillera de los Andes, siendo el más alto del mundo (4.200 mts de altura) y se ubica a 89 kilómetros de San Pedro. Presenta a tempranas horas de la mañana una impresionante actividad de fumarolas de vapor producidas por las altas temperaturas de sus acuosos cráteres. Se encuentra rodeado por cerros que alcanzan los 5900 metros de altura.
The Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera) is a 13.7-mile-wide (22.0 km) volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps, and volcanic domes dot the caldera landscape. The highest point in the caldera is Redondo Peak, an 11,254-foot (3,430 m) resurgent lava dome located entirely within the caldera and surrounded by moat-like flows of rhyolitic solidified lavas.
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Une solfatare, du latin sulpha terra, « terre de soufre », est un type de fumerolle rejetant d'importantes quantités de soufre. Par extension, ce terme désigne aussi les dépôts soufrés en eux-mêmes. Son nom provient de la Solfatare, un cratère volcanique d'Italie, dans la banlieue napolitaine, comportant ce type de fumerolles.
A solfatare, from the Latin sulpha terra, “land of sulfur”, is a type of fumarole that releases large amounts of sulfur. By extension, this term also designates the sulfur deposits in themselves. Its name comes from Solfatara, a volcanic crater in Italy, in the Neapolitan suburbs, with this type of fumarole.
The furious whistling of the Solfatars with vapor fumaroles reminds you that the magma is very close to the surface.
Undisputed gem of the northeast, Mývatn lake and the surrounding area are starkly beautiful, an otherworldly terrain of spluttering mudpots, weird lava formations, steaming fumaroles and volcanic craters, set around a bird-filled lake.
The Mývatn basin sits squarely on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the violent geological character of the area has produced a jam-packed landscape unlike anywhere else in the country.
Highlands of Iceland. September 2015.
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A 30 second exposure of some fumaroles under a nearly full moon at the Fountain Paint Pots area in Yellowstone National Park.
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🌋 Whakaari / White Island: New Zealand’s Fiery Sentinel
Whakaari / White Island is one of the most dramatic and active volcanoes in New Zealand, both geologically and in terms of its tragic human history. Here's a deep dive into its story:
📍 Location & Geography
- Located 48 km off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island in the Bay of Plenty.
- The island is just the tip of a massive submarine volcano, with only about 30% of its total mass visible above sea level.
- It spans roughly 325 hectares, with steep cliffs and a rugged, otherworldly landscape.
🌋 Volcanic Activity
- Whakaari is New Zealand’s most active cone volcano, part of the Taupō Volcanic Zone.
- It has been continuously venting gas and steam for centuries, with eruptions recorded as far back as 1826.
- The volcano is primarily andesitic, and its eruptions are often phreatic (steam-driven) or phreatomagmatic (involving magma and water).
Geology & Structure
- The island consists of two overlapping cones: the extinct Ngatoro Cone and the active Central Cone.
- Its crater contains acidic lakes, fumaroles, and mud pools, all fed by a volatile hydrothermal system.
- The volcano rises 1,600 meters from the seafloor, though only 321 meters are above sea level.
⚠️ 2019 Eruption Tragedy
- On 9 December 2019, a sudden phreatic eruption occurred while 47 people were on the island.
- The eruption killed 22 people and severely injured many others, making it one of New Zealand’s worst volcanic disasters.
- The event raised serious questions about tourism safety and volcanic risk management.
🔥 Current Status
- As of August 2024, Whakaari remains at Volcanic Alert Level 3, indicating minor eruptive activity.
- A new vent has formed, and volcanic gas emissions remain high. The island is off-limits to the public due to ongoing hazards.
Cultural Significance
- The full Māori name is Te Puia o Whakaari, meaning “The Dramatic Volcano.”
- It holds deep cultural and spiritual significance for local iwi (tribes), particularly Ngāti Awa, who consider it a taonga (treasure).
Kamtchatka, Russia
The volcano emits smoke (foreground) that is grayer than the clouds (background).
Le volcan émet des fumées (avant plan) plus grises que les nuages (arrière plan).
Les Solfatares, et marmites de boue bouillonnantes, dépôts colorés de soufre et fumerolles parsèment le sol au pied du Namasfjall. Cette montagne orange est perfusée de toute part par les vapeurs acides et sulfurées qui décomposent le sol. Il s'effondre et donne naissance à des marmites de boue qui grandissent de plus en plus, sécouées de violents bouillonnements dont les bulles éclatent en projettant des éclaboussures brûlantes sur les pourtours.
A solfatare, from the Latin sulpha terra, “land of sulfur”, is a type of fumarole that releases large amounts of sulfur. By extension, this term also designates the sulfur deposits in themselves. Its name comes from Solfatara, a volcanic crater in Italy, in the Neapolitan suburbs, with this type of fumarole.
The furious whistling of the Solfatars with vapor fumaroles reminds you that the magma is very close to the surface.
Námaskarð
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 o be boiling with relentless energy.
Highlands of Iceland. September 2015.
Santa María Volcano is a large active volcano in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, close to the city of Quetzaltenango.
Prior to the Spanish Conquest it was called Gagxanul in the local K'iche' language.
Its eruption in 1902 was one of the four largest eruptions of the 20th century, after the 1912 Novarupta and 1991 Pinatubo eruptions.
It is also one of the five biggest eruptions of the past 200 (and probably 300) years.
"A Vulcano, nelle isole Eolie, sono presenti diverse zone termali. Dalla terra sgorgano fanghi in cui è possibile immergersi tutto l’anno.... Le acque, con una temperatura compresa tra 40°C e 80°C, scaturiscono direttamente in mare e sulla spiaggia."
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The erupting spring pictured is called Gunnuhver which is located in a highly active geothermal area of the same name located on the southwest side of the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. The geothermal area gets it name from an angry female ghost, Guðrún. In Icelandic folklore, a priest trapped Guðrún’s spirit in the hot springs over 400 years ago. The steam coming from the pictured feature gives the area an eerie atmosphere especially when combined which the rotten egg sulfur vapor given off by the springs and fumaroles. mud pools and steam vents.
Seawater makes up the groundwater that enters the hot springs. This is a unique situation in Iceland and a rare occurrence in the world. The salt, sulfur and other minerals provide vibrant hues in the springs. The temperatures measure over 300°C (570°F) which makes one of the highest temperature hydrothermal areas in the world.
Gunnuhver (the spring), shown is the photo, measures 20 m (66 ft) across and can erupt to 10 m in height. The feature was born in 2007 and in 2014 powerful eruptions destroyed the viewing platform in the foreground.The spring usually erupts mud and muddy water. Gunnuhver is the largest mud pot (mud volcano) in Iceland. On this day the water did not appear muddy and had periodic short quiet periods, behavior one would expect from a geyser.
Kamtchatka, Russia
The Karymski volcano is crowned by a crater (1,536m) that rises within a 5-km-wide caldera. The majority of the volcano's cone consists of flows that are less than 200 years old. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the region, it has been erupting continuously since 1996 with sometimes very high plumes of ash.
Le volcan Karymski est couronné par un cratère (1 536m) qui s'élève dans une caldeira de 5 km de diamètre. La majorité du cône du volcan est constituée de coulées ayant moins de 200 ans. C'est l'un des volcans les plus actifs de la région, il est en éruption continue depuis 1996 avec parfois des panaches de cendre très élevés.
Altitude on my app: 4,565 m, temperature: -5°C
The water temperature is 86°C, the boiling point of water at this altitude.
The geysers + hot springs are fed by the El Tatio volcano, at the foot of which the geothermal field extends. The active volcanic arc that frames the plateau belongs to the Puna-Altiplano volcanic complex and is part of the central volcanic zone of South America.
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Höhe auf meiner App. 4.565m, Temperatur - 5°
Die Wassertemperatur liegt bei 86 °C, Siedepunkt von Wasser in dieser Höhe..
Die Geysire + heißen Quellen werden vom Vulkan El Tatio gespeist, an dessen Fuß sich das Geothermalfeld erstreckt. Der aktive Vulkanbogen, der die Hochebene umrahmt, gehört zum Puna-Altiplano Vulkankomplex, ist Teil der zentralen Vulkanzone von Südamerika.
Hard to believe there's a proper geyser basin only a few hours away from home, but here it is! An easy hike and there are fumaroles and hot pools and mudpots and mineral streams, and it's gorgeous and bubbling at a time of year when everything else is dry.
Lassen National Park, September, 2020.
During a pause in the episodic eruptions of Kīlauea volcano, molten orange and crystalline yellow sulfur deposits contrast with ash, tephra, and other pyroclastic debris around the north and south vents. Steam and smoke continue to arise into a pyrocumulus cloud with occasional gas flares. During recent eruptions of Kīlauea, particularly Episodes 43 and 44 in the spring of 2026, massive amounts of tephra were ejected over the lava bed landscape. Subsequently, windblown fallout deposits formed a deceptively smooth dune surface around the crater. This tephra consists of mostly gravel-sized, sharp; jagged bits of volcanic glass, rock, ash; and other pyroclastic debris. No place for a nelipot.