Steaming Volcanic River

December 26, 2009

Categories: Costa Rica (79)

Tags: active (9), arenal (8), caliente (2), costa (56), hot (47), hottub (7), magma, rica (58), river (56), rocks (19), tabacon (2), volcano (25)

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At Tabacon, the Arenal Volcano smokes overhead, and the entire river is hot tub temperature, heated by the local magma.

This is one tributary of a network of pools and waterfalls. They seemed to be locally heated, with some areas reaching 42°C / 107°F

Muy Caliente!

3 responses to “Steaming Volcanic River”

angry shock

Dec 26, 2009 at 10:02 am

Sí!!

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PatientWolf

Dec 28, 2009 at 4:40 pm

Looks wonderful. Last time I was there (2001, I think) there were rumors they would close Tabacon due to the activity on Arenal. I guess they changed their minds.

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jurvetson

Dec 28, 2009 at 6:57 pm

ay chico! And aliens on the bank

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