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It was mid-afternoon ___1___ they reached Naaskard. The
rocky slopes
of the mountain ___2___ coloured brown, red, orange,
yellow and white caused
___3___ the geothermal activity beneath. Below the
eastern flank of the
mountain lay ___4___ area of sulphur pits and pools of
bubbling mud. Jets of
super-heated steam erupted ___5___ events in the ground.
"Phew!" Ganying wrinkled her nose at the
overpowering ___6___, "It's
___7___ rotten eggs!" "Hydrogen sulphide gas, actually. Mind
___8___ camera!"
Alan
warned, seizing her arm and drawing her ___9___ as she
ventured too
___10___ to the hissing steam. "That vapour
___11___
hydrochloric
acid, among ___12___ things." Ganying clutched her
camera tightly.
They crouched ___13___ beside one of the largest mud
pools. It was two metres across, with a metre-high rim formed
___14___ the
splattering mud. The liquid mud slurped noisily as
large bubbles of gas burst.
Ganying quickly took ___15___ her camera. Ganying got
two marvellous
shots. ___16___ was of a metre-wide bubble rising into a
dome. The other
was ___17___ a circle of droplets hanging in mid-air.
She walked ___18___
towards a cream-coloured cone ___19___ which steam was
billowing like a mini-volcano. The smell was
terrible, and the mouth of the cone was stained
yellow ___20___ the powdered sulphur. |
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It was mid-afternoon when they reached Naaskard. The
rocky slopes
of the mountain were coloured brown, red, orange,
yellow and white caused
by the geothermal activity beneath. Below the
eastern flank of the
mountain lay an area of sulphur pits and pools of
bubbling mud. Jets of
super-heated steam erupted
from events in the ground.
"Phew!" Ganying wrinkled her nose at the
overpowering smell/stench, "It's
like rotten eggs!" "Hydrogen sulphide gas, actually. Mind
your camera!"
Alan
warned, seizing her arm and drawing her
away as she
ventured too
close to the hissing steam. "That vapour
contains
hydrochloric
acid, among among things." Ganying clutched her
camera tightly.
They crouched down beside one of the largest mud
pools. It was two metres across, with a metre-high rim formed
by the
splattering mud. The liquid mud slurped noisily as
large bubbles of gas burst.
Ganying quickly took out her camera. Ganying got
two marvellous
shots. One was of a metre-wide bubble rising into a
dome. The other
was of a circle of droplets hanging in mid-air.
She walked on
towards a cream-coloured cone
from which steam was
billowing like a mini-volcano. The smell was
terrible, and the mouth of the cone was stained
yellow by the powdered sulphur. |
