Friday, January 31, 2014

Visiting the Mud Pots & Geothermal Mud Volcanoes Near Calipatria, California

Slab City is a handy base for visiting local attractions.  We visited the Mud Pots and Geothermal Volcanoes near Calipatria.






The hot mud bubbles.

I think boiling mud is about
as hot as boiling water.

























We hear blub, blub, blub...








Steps away are geothermal






The pressure of gases pushing
up through the mud creates
a mud volcano.











The mud volcanoes near
Calipatria have grown to
three, four feet tall.









This area of California has 
numerous geothermal plants.

Water from deep within the 
earth is used to generate electricity.

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