During my career, our knowledge of erupting geysers and volcanoes in the Solar System has exploded. In this prefatory, I tell how I became fascinated with high-speed processes through studying meteorite impact dynamics, and then how my initial idea of studying Old Faithful geyser as a volcanic analog led me to work not only on the dynamics of eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 but also on geysers erupting on Io (a fiery satellite of Jupiter), Triton (a frigid satellite of Neptune), and Enceladus (an active satellite of Saturn). Unforeseeably, the study of these events also led to work on mineral thermodynamics and the hydraulics and geomorphic evolution of rapids in the Grand Canyon. This is a narrative, not a formal review article, but the reader can find references in the Related Resources section to explore topics in more detail.

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研究地球——以及它的一些邻居

在我的职业生涯中，我们对太阳系中喷发的间歇泉和火山的了解激增。在这个序言中，我讲述了我如何通过研究陨石撞击动力学而对高速过程着迷，然后我最初将老忠实间歇泉作为火山模拟进行研究的想法如何使我不仅研究圣山喷发的动力学. 海伦斯号在 1980 年也曾在木卫一（木星的炽热卫星）、海卫一（海王星的寒冷卫星）和土卫二（土星的活跃卫星）上喷发的间歇泉。出乎意料的是，对这些事件的研究也导致了大峡谷急流的矿物热力学和水力学和地貌演化的研究。这是一篇叙述性文章，而不是正式的评论文章，但读者可以在相关资源部分找到参考资料，以更详细地探讨主题。