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Cloud and dust over geothermal waters in Dixie Valley, Nevada

Detailed Description

Geothermal water—water that has been heated by magma or hot rocks in the subsurface—contains high concentrations of dissolved solids, partly because most rock-water reactions are more intense at high temperatures

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Public Domain.

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