Jigoku Meguri (Hell Tour)
Beppu, Kyushu, Japan
 
Kamado Jigoku (Oven Hell)
Steam heats the spaces between rocks like an oven.
 
Tatsumaki Jigoku (Tornado Hell)
This geyser shoots 720 liters
of boiling water every 25 minutes.
 
Umi Jigoku (Sea Hell)
The largest of the Beppu jigokus, this pool covers 5,000 square meters.
The color comes from iron sulphate.
 
Yama Jigoku (Mountain Hell)
This spring belches clay mud
that accumulates to form a mountain.
 
Oniyama Hell (Devil's Mountain Hell)
The force of the steam could pull one and a half
train cars. The heat is just right for crocodile farming.
 
 
Shiraike Jigoku (White Pool Hell)
White mud gives this pool its color.
 
Kinryu Jigoku (Golden Dragon Hell)
Steam comes from the mouth of a dragon
climbing from hell to heaven.
 
Chinoike Jigoku (Blood Pool Hell)
Iron oxide gives the water its hellish color.
 
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