> fault-controlled non-volcanic geothermal feature.

Also known as a great serpent-spirit known as "Mother of the Waters"

Life existing at the extreme of liquid water is indeed unique. Dropping some of them into the boiling oceans of Enceladus and waiting a hundred years would be a fun experiment.

It's located here for those wondering: https://maps.app.goo.gl/js7miFSkRBa86t15A?g_st=ac

If you click on the little resorts/hotels/towns around the area, there are many pictures and videos of steam rising of this little river. It's obvious the area is well frequented by tourists. Not as remote as I thought it would be.

> What he found is one of the strangest hydrothermal features on Earth. Not because it is extremely hot

Neat! I wonder what's so strange about it besides the heat

> because there is essentially no scientific explanation for its existence.

Wait whut