mud pot
Hot acidic pool
A mud pot is a hot spring where steam and gases bubble up through a pool of mud rather than water.
The mud forms when acidic volcanic gases break down surrounding rock into fine clay.
Mud pots gurgle and splatter, sometimes quite violently: The trail passed steaming mud pots and sulfur vents.
Found in geothermal areas like Yellowstone.
geothermal
Volcanic gas vent
- hot springNaturally heated groundwater basin
- geyserErupting thermal vent
- sulfurYellow combustible element
- hydrothermalHot water underground
volcanic · boiling · bubbling · steam · vents · caldera · basin · Yellowstone
fumarole
Volcanic gas vent
- hot springNaturally heated groundwater basin
- geyserErupting thermal vent
- sulfurYellow combustible element
hydrothermal · volcanic · boiling · bubbling · steam · vents · caldera · basin · Yellowstone · thermal
claypot
Earthenware container for cooking
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
- tagineEarthenware pot and stew
- stewSlow-simmered meat dish
casserole · braise · simmer · slow-cook · terracotta · unglazed · curry · porridge · soup · roast
- hot springssteam, thermal springs, hydrogen sulfide, bubbles, mineral deposits
- YellowstoneOld Faithful, geysers, geyser, Yellowstone Lake, hot spring
- natural formationscave, cavern, cliff, crater, dune
- Geothermal Featuresgeyser, fumarole, geysers, hot spring, hot springs
- mud featuresmudslide
- mud volcanoes