# Mud volcano blows the eff up in Colombia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mud-volcano-blows-the-eff-up-in-colombia/1010143 "2024-11-12T13:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mud-volcano-blows-the-eff-up-in-colombia/1010143/1 "2024-11-12T13:07:43Z")
“Mud volcano” sounds kind of peaceful. Like, not something you’d want to shower in, but not something to be worried while watching. But then I learn that they can be like lighting God’s shart. > **[Major eruption of Cacahual (El Aburrido) mud volcano in Antioquia, Colombia...](https://watchers.news/2024/11/12/eruption-cacahual-el-aburrido-mud-volcano-antioquia-colombia-injures-eight-damages-homes/)** > > A major eruption of the Cacahual (El Aburrido) mud volcano in Antioquia, Colombia, on November 11, 2024, resulted in injuries to at least eight people and significant damage to nearby homes. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mud-volcano-blows-the-eff-up-in-colombia/1010143/2 "2024-11-12T14:04:10Z")
From Wikipedia: > About 86% of the gas released from these structures is [methane](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane), with much less [carbon dioxide](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide) and [nitrogen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen) emitted. Ejected materials are most often a slurry of fine solids suspended in water that may contain a mixture of [salts](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_(chemistry)), [acids](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid)and various [hydrocarbons](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrocarbon). Methane and various hydrocarbons. Hope no-one’s smoking when it goes up. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mud-volcano-blows-the-eff-up-in-colombia/1010143/3 "2024-11-12T14:31:36Z")
Some people were smoking after it went up. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mud-volcano-blows-the-eff-up-in-colombia/1010143/4 "2024-11-12T19:46:04Z")
The name of the volcano trips me out - it’s anything but ‘The Boring.’ ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mud-volcano-blows-the-eff-up-in-colombia/1010143/5 "2024-11-13T13:15:09Z")
@Eric1 its’ s a weird name all right, but isn’t “El Aburrido” “The Bored One” rather than “The Boring”? ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mud-volcano-blows-the-eff-up-in-colombia/1010143/6 "2024-11-13T13:45:05Z")
That’s a great point all right, that aburrido is an adjective v a noun in this way.