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Salton Sea mud pot

Detailed Description

A mud pot releases a burst of gas in the Davis-Schrimpf Seep Field near the Salton Sea. The geothermal area here is related to the same faulting and volcanic system which created the Salton Buttes lava domes. USGS photo by Deb Bergfeld, 2016.

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Public Domain.