A 68-year-old Belgian woman died in Chile after she accidentally backed into a geyser while taking a photo.

Tatio thermal geysers, Chile.
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Françoise Guillaume and her husband were traveling through the northern region of Antofagasta to visit the Tatio geothermal geysers, which receive thousands of tourists each year. Guillaume died Thursday at dawn at a hospital in Santiago, where she was transported after the incident. Read more: theguardian.com

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