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FOR KIDS: Surprising hot springs
Scientists find shallow source of water for volcano’s hot springs
Web edition: January 9, 2013
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A lake sits in the crater of the Philippine’s Taal volcano. Scientists recently discovered that hot springs flowing into the lake come from a shallow source — the lake itself.
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For years, scientists had assumed that geysers and other types of hot springs spewed water that came from deep inside Earth. Now researchers working at a Philippine volcano have stumbled across an exception. Hot springs flowing into a lake in the volcano’s crater come from a shallow source — the lake itself. The new finding suggests there may be plenty of similar spots worldwide.
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