El Tatio is a geyser field located within the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at an altitude of 4320m, just a few meters from the Bolivian border. It’s the world’s third largest geyser field, and home to 80 active geysers. It’s aptly named too – El Tatio is a native American word for ‘oven’, and in an ancient lost language means ‘old man who cries’.
So what is a geyser? a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air. Geysers occur when cold underground rivers hit hot rocks, heating and projecting the water up to the surface.
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