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a planet's open vent, exhaling sulfur and steam straight from its molten gut
name originFrom Latin fumus, meaning smoke
sulfur minersWorkers haul yellow chunks from active vents barehanded
on marsSuspected fossil fumaroles hint at ancient Martian heat
temperatureSome exhale gases over 800 degrees Celsius
alien lifeExtreme microbes thrive in their toxic acidic breath