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Waimangu geothermal field

Waimangu geothermal field

Waimangu geothermal field

This view shows the Waimangu valley, with Mt Tarawera in the background. When the mountain erupted in 1886, an 18-kilometre line of craters was formed from the summit through the valley. Lake Rotomahana now occupies the central crater.

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GNS Science
Reference: CN26516/8
Photograph by Lloyd Homer

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