cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoWhat is contained within the hot moisture clouds emitted by hot springs?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareWhat is contained within the hot moisture clouds emitted by hot springs?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
Obviously water but are there other molecules like sulfur et al? Edit: also do hot springs stink cuzza sulfur?
minus-squareAtrichum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·4 days agoWhat else there is will vary greatly depending on the geologic context of the hot spring. Along with water vapor there can be gasses such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, helium, radium, argon, methane, and I’m sure many other things.
minus-squareJeredin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoMmmmm, radium…. …… ……… ………… ☠️
minus-squareanomnomlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI thought the real danger of radium is that it decays to lead dust which then collects in basements and makes us stoopid.
What else there is will vary greatly depending on the geologic context of the hot spring. Along with water vapor there can be gasses such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, helium, radium, argon, methane, and I’m sure many other things.
Mmmmm, radium…. …… ……… ………… ☠️
I thought the real danger of radium is that it decays to lead dust which then collects in basements and makes us stoopid.
Radium GaGa