The Italians named it Devil’s Valley because of the steam pouring straight out of the ground. Turns out the steam was the mild part. A few kilometres below it sits enough molten rock to fill Lake Geneva forty times over

The steam has been coming out of the ground for as long as anyone has lived in the region. Farmers in central Tuscany noticed it centuries ago — thin plumes of white vapour rising directly from cracks in the earth, hissing quietly, smelling faintly of sulphur. The medieval Italians who named the area picked the [...] The post The Italians named it Devil’s Valley because of the steam pouring straight out of the ground. Turns out the steam was the mild part. A few kilometres below it sits enough m