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 What If You Jumped Into a Geyser?
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Description: 

Deep beneath the Earth, something is gearing up to explode! 

It shoots boiling hot liquid up into the air as high as 160 m (525 ft) feet.

No, these aren't volcanoes. They're geysers. 

 

Transcription: 

Deep beneath the Earth, something is gearing up to explode!

It shoots boiling hot liquid up into the air as high as 160 m (525 ft). No,

these aren't volcanoes. They're geysers. Usually, people stay hundreds of

meters away from geysers, but what if we got a bit closer and fell right into one?

Geysers are like hot springs under intense pressure. They cause eruptions and

send steam and water hundreds of meters into the air. And they're quite rare. 

There's less than 1,000 of them around the world. If you're not careful, these

things could cause some severe damage. They've killed more than 20 people. 

So now that we know geysers are dangerous, obviously our next step is to 

send you right into one. First, you'd need to choose which geyser you'd 

want to fall into.There are some in Iceland, Russia, and lots in America.

And when we say lots,we mean it. About a third of the world's geysers 

are located in Yellowstone National Park. So you may want to go there.

Regardless of which geyser you end up falling into, the results would all 

be mainly the same. As soon as you fall into the geyser, your skin would 

react to the incredibly hot water. Old Faithful in Yellowstone has been 

measured at 95.6¡ÆC (204¡ÆF). You would feel an immense amount of pain, 

and it's safe to say that this would be the most intense burn you've ever 

experienced. You'd be in agony from a full-thickness burn,with all three

layers of your skin affected. First, Your top layer skin would start to burn, 

and then your blood vessels would burst. Your underlayers of skin would

lose their water and turn black, causing them to feel leathery. 

And any fat you might have would quickly bubble and be melted off. 

What's left of your body might then be shot up into the air, as a geyser 

can erupt it's water every couple of hours. So all the tourists visiting this

geyser would see your body as it goes up!And then back down! And then up!

And then back down again. After the eruption,your body might fall to the bottom 

of the geyser. What would you find down there?

Well, geysers have a long tube with loops and side pockets that run deep into the

crust of the Earth. So at the bottom, you're going to find magma, which is what

makes the water so hot. The water and the steam would build up in the loops and

side pockets. And after it reaches a boiling point of around 100¡ÆC (212¡ÆF)

at sea level,the geyser will erupt yet again. If you somehow managed to 

survive all the burns and being thrown about by the geyser, you'd still have 

even more to worry about.That's because most geysers have extremely 

acidic waters, and combined with the high temperatures, there's a good

chance they'll be able to dissolve your body entirely within just a couple 

of hours. So yeah, these things are beautiful and you might want to get 

a closer look but, it's best to stay further away from them. 

Getting too close can prove to be deadly. What's something we could fall into 

that we could actually survive? 

Maybe falling into a pool of spent nuclear fuel rods? 

We'll leave that story for another WHAT IF.

 

Questions: 

1. What is a geyser? Where do you find the most geysers?

2. Explain what makes the geysers hot. What's inside them? 

3. What would happen to a person if he/she got to close to a geyser?

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