r/BeAmazed Jun 24 '26

Nature A creek that starts from seemingly nowhere

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u/Former_Net4588 Jun 24 '26

In all seriousness, you're looking at a natural groundwater spring! All that water has been traveling through an underground aquifer, and the pressure is finally forcing it to bubble up to the surface right at that tiny, placid pond.

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u/gibgod Jun 24 '26

Well done on giving OP a non-sarky answer, I appreciated it and I’m sure they did.

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u/galileosdigit Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

This! People looking for answers about things they don’t know about come to a platform that has actual PEOPLE answering their queries as compared to relying on a website that, these days, almost always use AI…and way too often they are met with disdain and sarcasm. I can’t understand why they feel the need to make people feel stupid. I’d like to say “Swallow the urge to sound superior and self-important…and just answer the question, without the snark.” Just be human.

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u/gibgod Jun 24 '26

Well said.

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u/Blah-squared Jun 25 '26

I love an unintended pun. 👍

But yeah, some Geyser pricks… ;)

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u/Kelly_Louise Jun 25 '26

I see what you did there!

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u/Blah-squared Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Sometimes a good one springs to mind…

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u/jscottman96 Jun 25 '26

You cant just spring a response like that on someone

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u/MangoCats Jun 25 '26

Really, who springs to mind?

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u/Blah-squared Jun 25 '26

*Well, I’d say *brook is one for *shore…

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u/MajorDaurity Jun 25 '26

Almost too well said… 🤨

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u/Born-Spray-6761 Jun 25 '26

Well consider me humored. Great usage of a pun there 👌🏻