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a planet's open vent, exhaling sulfur and steam straight from its molten gut
means a vent in the earth's crust, usually in a volcanic area, that emits steam and gases like sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide.
from From Latin 'fumus,' smoke — the same root that powers 'fume' and 'fumigate.' Late Latin gave it 'fumariolum,' a little smoke-hole, which Italian shaped into 'fumarola' and French into 'fumerolle' before English borrowed it in the early 19th century, roughly when geology was becoming a science and naturalists needed a tidy word for the planet's smoking pores.
- name origin
- From Latin fumus, meaning smoke
- sulfur miners
- Workers haul yellow chunks from active vents barehanded
- on mars
- Suspected fossil fumaroles hint at ancient Martian heat
- temperature
- Some exhale gases over 800 degrees Celsius
- alien life
- Extreme microbes thrive in their toxic acidic breath
sulfataras in naples — volcanic vents in campi flegrei, italy, releasing sulfurous gases continuously since roman times
kusatsu-shirane fumaroles — active sulfur vents on mount kusatsu-shirane in japan's nagano prefecture, source of volcanic gases