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Originally Posted by Locke
Damned Icelanders would probably just turn that into an attraction.
"Come bathe in our Lava-warmed pools you fools valued guests!!"
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Given how the lagoon formed in the first place, you’re probably not wrong:
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The lagoon is man-made. The water is a byproduct from the nearby geothermal power plant Svartsengi where superheated water is vented from the ground near a lava flow and used to run turbines that generate electricity. After going through the turbines, the steam and hot water pass through a heat exchanger to provide heat for a municipal water heating system. Then the water is fed into the lagoon.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue...eothermal_spa)
I mean, this is literally a pool of effluent from a power plant that someone decided to charge admission for bathing in, because it supposedly has “healing properties.”
And tourists love it…