Solfatara (volcano)
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Solfatara is a shallow volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, part of the Phlegraean Fields volcanic area. It is a volcano, which emits jets of steam with sulfurous fumes. The name comes from the L
Sulphur and fumaroles at the Solfatara crater
Close-up view of a mud pool
Medium size fumarole in Solfatara
Biggest fumarole in Solfatara
Bradyseism
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Bradyseism is the gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas
Solfatara (volcano)
…interacts with magma. The crater floor was a popular tourist attraction until 2017, as it has many fumaroles and mud pools. The area is well known for its bradyseism. The vapours had been used for medical purposes since Roman times. This volcano is where the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus was…
The "Serapium" or Macellum of Pozzuoli demonstrated the effects of bradyseism.