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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that El Tatio (pictured) is the largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere and one of two worldwide with the highest elevation?

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[1], Frontiers is a slightly dodgy publisher.
[2], press release, may be useful to indicate that there are concerns about impacts that drilling in Bolivia may have on El Tatio.
[3], which mentions native-government collaboration.
[4], for the number of bacterial species.

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 14:33, 29 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also:

[5] for a mineral deposit.
[6], for one of the earliest studies on this field.

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:06, 30 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Magnetotelluric analysis and more Frontiers stuff Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:13, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This book might need mining but about a mythological importance of Tatio seems to be a bit unusual. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 13:59, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

PNUD

What organization is PNUD in this source? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:06, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Free use by indigenous communities

I presume this article is too local interest to be worth mentioning? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:36, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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El Tatio is a geothermal field with many geysers located in the Andes Mountains of northern Chile at 4,320 metres (14,170 ft) above mean sea level. It is the third-largest geyser field in the world and the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The geothermal field has many geysers, hot springs, and associated sinter deposits. These hot springs eventually form the Rio Salado, a major tributary of the Rio Loa, and are a major source of arsenic pollution in the river. The vents are sites of populations of extremophile microorganisms such as hyperthermophiles, and El Tatio has been studied as an analogue for the early Earth and possible past life on Mars.

Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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Looks like they put this source online. JoJo Eumerus mobile (main talk) 10:03, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]