The next orifice from the earth are boiling-hot muddy caves. If you accidentally fall into them and aren't rescued instantly, you'll be killed. If you are pulled out of the cave instantly, God knows whether you can survive the serious burns or not. It's really acceptable that the ancient people figured that hell, jigoku in Japanese, must be such a place.
In the third picture the steam was artificially made by a tour guide. He explained the mechanism of the genesis of the steam, but I'm sorry I don't remember it. When he blew cigarette smoke into the surface of the mud, steam was produced. Small particles in the smoke would react with the heat of the mud.
The last picture is of another hot-water spewing spot and it is only 30 meters away from the muddy ones. To my surprise, two kinds of substances which are completely different from each other come out of the earth at a distance of only 30 meters between them. It's really mysterious. You can also see eggs in this picture. Eggs are placed about 50cm over the surface in this spot though the eggs were sunk in the spot that I showed you in the previous entry. The eggs will be cooked to soft-boiled ones here.
(Vocabulary)
blow cigarette smoke into someone's face （人）の顔にたばこの煙を吹きかける
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