UP should take the geyser to court, since SP was there first!

conspiracy theory Wrote:
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> The Coachella Canal is uphill from here.
> [wikivisually.com]
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> The canal started operating in 1949. This "geyser"
> - really, a large mudpot/warm spring - appeared in
> 1953. Is that a coincidence? Is the canal leaking
> and this is where the water comes out after
> filtering through a hot spring/mudpot area? Quick
> search of the internet doesn't bring up much info
> about the spring.
>
> There are lots of faults, hot springs, mudpots,
> and mud volcanoes (and a couple of relatively
> recent - geologically speaking - obsidian domes in
> the Imperial Valley. They're all related. It is,
> after all, part of the Gulf of California (dry
> because of the Colorado River delta), and at least
> one spreading center exists under the Valley.
> Instability and high heat flow (from the ground,
> as well as the atmosphere) are to be expected.