#mud volcano

Not of this world

Mud vulcano, Beciu Romania

Nicht von dieser Welt

Schlamm Vulkan, Beciu Rumänien

Air photo

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Mud volcanoes (Yes, you heard that right!)

They aren't created by tectonic activity, AND they aren't a true volcano! But they do erupt, and are created by said eruptions of water, mud and gases. They can be very tiny (1-2 feet in height and width) or absolutely massive (700 meters high and 10 kilometres wide) AND the mud gets up to 100 degrees Celsius!

Some of them are used as baths (Mostly the cooler ones), but they can be very, VERY destructive when they erupt, as seen in this video:

A mud volcano is a landform created by the eruption of mud, water and gases. The mud is heated deep below the surface and is forced upwards through a geological fissure due to subterranean pressure imbalances. They can be as large as 700m high and 10 km wide. Their temperatures can reach nearly 100 °C. – WTF Fun Facts

A bit of September 23rd history...

1561 - King Philip II of Spain forbids Spanish settlements in Florida

1780 - British Major John Andre reveals Benedict Arnold’s plot to betray West Point

1846 - Johann Galle and Heinrich d’Arrest find Neptune

1884 - American Herman Hollerith patents his Mechanical Tabulating Machine, the beginning of data processing

1932 - Abdulaziz Ibn Saud merges the kingdoms of Nejd and Hejaz into the kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1950 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ralph Bunche for mediation in Israel - 1st African-American winner

1962 - ABC’s 1st color TV series, The Jetsons, premiers (pictured)

2018 - Japan’s space agency is 1st to place 2 robotic explorers on an asteroid - Ryugu - from it’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft

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