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Many jokes were made about the stimulating effect of playing in mud on New Jersey's dry cleaning industry.
The name of Yellowstone National Park's "Mud Volcano" feature and the surrounding area is misleading; it consists of hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles, rather than a true mud volcano. Depending upon the precise definition of the term mud volcano, the Yellowstone formation could be considered a hydrothermal mud volcano cluster. The feature is much less active than in its first recorded description, although the area is quite dynamic. Yellowstone is an active geothermal area with a magma chamber near the surface, and active gases are chiefly steam, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. However, there are some Mud Volcanoes and Mud Geysers elsewhere in Yellowstone. One, the "Vertically Gifted Cyclic Mud Pot" sometimes acts as a geyser, throwing mud up to 30 feet high.
Yellowstone National Park
Found a break in the rain this morning to go out for a slip n’ slide...
The wet and algae-covered wooden creek bridges are particularly slippery. One of the dawgs went airborne and landed in the creek bed. It was the third creek jump of the season, an initiation ritual of sorts. The most dramatic example was a certain Amazonian who did a mid air leap off the bike to grab an overhead branch and slow her 10’ fall.
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April 29, 2022 - "De Blauwbrug (The Blue Bridge)
Crossing the Amstel, De Blauwbrug has connected the Amstelstraat with Waterlooplein since 1883. Before then many bridges had blue railings, a feature that the striking Blauwbrug takes its name from. While the blue railings have disappeared, you can still see blue in use on lanterns on many bridges.
A brief history
For many years there was a wooden drawbridge over the Amstel connecting the city and the island of Vlooienburg. At that time the bridge was very much like the famous Magere Brug (skinny bridge) and others that crossed the Amstel.
As the city grew, Amsterdam's city council were keen to build a new bridge that would connect the islands and include a tram line. The plan was for an elegant bridge that spoke of luxury, a perfect way to show off during the Colonial Exhibition of 1883. City architect Bastiaan de Greef and his assistant Willem Springer were asked to come up with a design. Their initial design was in the style of Pont Neuf in Paris, which would have sunk into the mud in Amsterdam. A design with lower arches was chosen, and though not needed in the slow-flowing Amstel, the solid bridge pillar design necessary to keep ice floes in the fast-flowing Seine off the bridge was kept.
The bridge was opened in 1883 to a great deal of criticism. Many people felt the bridge was too pompous for Amsterdam." Bridge description from the following website: www.iamsterdam.com/en/see-and-do/things-to-do/attractions...