NASA’s Cassini probe will today fly through icy geysers erupting on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, looking for signs that its ocean has hydrothermal vents like on Earth
holy water font ：聖水池：通常置於教堂入口處，教友進聖堂時用右手中指蘸些聖水，在額頭上、胸前、左、右兩肩畫一大十字，同時口誦「因父，及子，及聖神之名，阿們。」表示對耶穌的尊敬，並提醒自己所領受的洗禮，也有淨化心靈之意。
Old Faithful: Yellowstone geyser got its name (1870)
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geyser(gī'zər)
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━━ n. 間欠泉, 噴泉;
〔英〕 自動湯沸し装置.n.
- A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air.
- (gē'zər) Chiefly British. A gas-operated hot-water heater.
[After Icelandic Geysir, name of a hot spring of southwest Iceland, from geysa, to gush, from Old Norse.]
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