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Fumaroles escape through Fourpeaked Glacier covering Fourpeaked Volcano in Alaska on September 24, 2006

A fumarole (Latin fumus, smoke) is an opening in a planet's crust, often in the neighborhood of volcanoes, which emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and hydrogen sulfide. The steam is created when superheated water turns to steam as its pressure drops when it emerges from the ground. The name solfatara, from the Italian solfo, sulfur (via the Sicilian dialect), is given to fumaroles that emit sulfurous gases.

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• Related: Mudpot, Mud volcano, Mofetta

USGS Photo Glossary: Fumarole USGS Photo Glossary: Fumarole volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/fumarole.php - Web

Sulfur Mining on Gunung Welirang Volcano Sulfur Mining on Gunung Welirang Volcano www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1MpKj_yCnk - Web

An Astronomer's Life in San Pedro de Atacama, Chil... An Astronomer's Life in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile www.gb.nrao.edu/~bmason/chile.html - Web

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