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Central Plateau, North Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - Mt Ruapehu is the largest and highest volcano of New Zealand (about
2800m). It lies in the Tongariro National Park where two other volcanos, Mt
Tongariro and Mt Ngauruhoe, are located. A road leads up to 2/3rd of the
height and from there it's a chairlift ride and three hours of steady
climbing to the top. It can be done with a guided tour and isn't to hard (I
did it!) if you are reasonably fit.
Mt Ruapehu Crater Lake
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Mt Ruapehu, Central Plateau, North Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - Mt Ruapehu has a summit plateau which consists of several craters
covered under a central glaciers. The active vent contains a crater lake. Is
is about 400m wide, 600m deep and contains highly acidic water, up to 60C
warm. The lake drains through an ice cave just off the tip of the wing. The
temperature and colour changes all the time. The colour ranges from green to
muddy grey, and earlier this century the water sometimes had frozen or even
disappeared.
White Island
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Bay of Plenty, 40km North Offshore Whakatane, North Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - White Island is New Zealands most active volcano. It usually just steams
along like on the picture, but sometimes larger ash eruptions generate a
dark column over the island. It is privately owned, and you can get there by
boat or helicopter. Note the white ship which anchors near the place where
the Sulphur Factory had been.
Destroyed Sulphur Processing Plant
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White Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - Nobody lives on White Island now, but at the beginning of the century,
sulphur has been mined by a dozen of men who lived in a camp on the crater
floor. The raw material (spilling out of the broken left wall of the
building) was heated in large retorts and the refined sulphur was shipped to
the mainland - as fertilizer! A customer wrote that it was good for killing
weeds in his driveway...
Crater Floor
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Crater Floor, White Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - White Island is shaped like a horseshoe. This is a view of the crater
floor looking from the building to the inner crater. White Island is very
active. Though it normaly doesn't erupt lava, there are signs of volcanic
activity everywhere. Steaming hot earth and boiling pools filled with mud
and water.
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Central Crater
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Central Crater, White Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - White Island has a central crater whose appearance is constantly altered
by minor and major eruption. Sometimes there are ash eruptions which form a
dark column over the island. There is always a cloud over White Island, but
usually it is white and its shape and size varies with the volcanic activity
and the weather (the colder, the more steam you see).
Large Fumerole on Crater Wall
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Central Crater, White Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - This is an especially large fumerole on the inner wall of the central
crater. Image the sound of a large roaring jet engine, and you get an
impression of the noise it produces. New Zealand volcanos Together with the steam, the smell of
foul eggs (caused by sulphur) and because it's not the only fumerole in the
crater, a view in the crater is like looking in hell's kitchen.
Crater Lake
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Central Crater, White Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - At the bottom of the central crater some water has formed a small, hot
and highly acidic lake. Steam usually blocks the view, but sometimes a
breeze lifts the fog and grants a view of the lake. It sometimes disappears
but returns after longer periods of rain. Don't go to near: The crater rim
is very unstable imaging what would happen if you slide down into the
water...
Noisy Nelly and Me
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White Island, New Zealand
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New Zealand Volcanos - This large fumerole is called "Noisy Nelly". You can see it too on the
picture of the Crater Floor on the right side. The exhausted gasses are
quite hot and make breathing difficult if you go to near. The pilot provided
some filter masks so we could protect our lungs a bit. It's a good idea to
protect your glasses and photografic lenses, too: The gasses are very
corrosive and can damage anti reflection coatings.
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