A 45 Ft 'Ice Volcano' Has Emerged in Kazakhstan. Here's How It Works
MARIANNE GUENOT, BUSINESS INSIDER
10 FEBRUARY 2021
Meteorological conditions lined up in Kazakhstan this winter, resulting in a 45-foot (13.7-metre) tall ice tower forming from spring water gushing out of an icy plain.
The tower appeared in the Almaty region, where freezing temperatures near mean the plains spend winter covered in a thick layer of ice and snow.
The resulting hollow cone of ice has in the past been referred to by some scientists as an "ice volcano." Although the shape is similar, they are a separate phenomenon from the rock volcanoes that spew lava from under the Earth's crust.
In this case, the ice comes from a hot spring. The water sprays up into the atmosphere, and freezes as it falls back down to the surface. Over time, an the impressive hollow structure is formed.
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