Homestead Crater
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2016
The Homestead Caldera, known locally as "The Crater", is a natural hot spring hidden inside a 55-foot tall, beehive-shaped limesto...
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The Smoking Hot Springs of Beppu, Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2016
The Japanese island of Kyushu is a hotbed of geothermal activity, thanks to the country’s most active volcano Mt Aso, that the island is hom...
The Boiling River of Mayantuyacu, Peru
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 20, 2016
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, in Mayantuyacu, Peru, flows a river so hot its water actually boils. The locals call it “Shanay-timpishka” wh...
The Bath Tubs of Mystic Hot Springs
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 28, 2015
At Mystic Hot Springs in Monroe, Utah, hot water comes out from deep underground at a scalding 75 degrees degrees Celsius at a rate of about...
Uunartoq Hot Springs in Greenland
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 1, 2015
Hot springs are abundant in South Greenland, but the island of Uunartoq is home to the only hot springs in the country that are warm enough ...
The Snow Monkeys of Jigokudani
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 6, 2014
Jigokudani is located in the valley of the Yokoyu River, in Nagano Prefecture, in Japan, at an elevation of 850 meters. Literally “hell’s va...
Blue Lagoon Geothermal Spa in Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 25, 2013
The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland, and easily the most photographed. The spa is located in a ...
10 Beautiful Hot Springs of Yellowstone National Park
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 11, 2013
Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, the USA, is one of the most geothermically active regions in the planet. Half of the world's all g...
Artificially Heated Nautholsvik Geothermal Beach, Iceland
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2013
In Iceland the sea is normally far too cold to tempt swimmers, but at Nautholsvik bay in Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, a thermal b...
