Samin's Garden
a 25 sq km area of intense geologic activity, filled with superheated hot springs, geysers, and fumaroles. The geologic activity has also reduced the plant cover meaning the geysers are surrounded by a pinkish sandy soil. The site is considered sacred by the Tern Bas and Gran Saminism.
Samins Eye by Charlie Stinchcomb
Geography
Samin's Garden is a 25 square kilometer area of geologic activity. It is where a hotspot in the mantle has forced magma close to the surface. For this reason the garden is covered with many geysers, fumaroles, boiling mud pits and hot springs. The garden is located in a layer of pinkish rhyolite rock that has been exposed to the surface. This high silica rock has allowed the formation of the geysers. The surrounding area does not have exposed rhyolite rock and thus has geologic activity but does not support the formation of geysers.
Ecosystem
The ecosystem in the garden is quite different from the surrounding plains. The intense geologic activity has saturated the surrounding soils and rocks with a high concentration of volcanic minerals and the change to rhyolite rock gives the garden itself a distinct ecology from the surrounding plains. The main effect of the high concentration of minerals is to make it much harder for the plant life to thrive. Thus the garden is covered in sporadic plant cover exposing the rocky pinkish soil.
History
Samin's garden and Samin's reflection have been of spiritual significant for thousands of days. The geological activity has attracted the earliest Tern Tribes to the area and they initially named the location Eath's Garden. Many of them would spend the long night soaking in the cooler hot springs. The hot springs and geysers gained a spiritual significance as being a sacred space of the earth god Eath. Because of the spiritual connection, the location became a place where violence was forbidden and no weapons are allowed to be carried.
Then as many of the Tern Bas adopted the ways of Gran Barsaminism, the garden came to be seen as a spot where the spirit aspect of didome attempted to reunite with Samin themselves.
Tourism
The scared garden remains in a very undeveloped state. However, many paths have been built to weave around the geysers and hot springs. Along the path are secluded alters and shires to the various aspects of Samin's greatness. It is common for pilgrims to come to the nearby city of Durbarrak and then visit the garden to walk on the paths and see Samin's power.
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