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Story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

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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Carol Stewart. 'Hot springs, mud pools and geysers', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 2-Mar-09
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