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8.5.4 Hot Spring

A hot spring is a stream of hot water issuing from the ground, often after being heated by magma. Hot springs usually occur in volcanic regions where eruptions cease to exist. However, hot springs may exist in non-volcanic regions where water has penetrated deep enough into the earth to be heated by magma.


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Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, Yellowstone National Park, WY
Original from H.H. Einstein
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Travertine terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces, Yellowstone National Park, WY  Boiling spring. 

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