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Story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

Springs of Mother Earth (2nd of 2)

Springs of Mother Earth

Coloured, mineralised sinter, including cyanobacteria, surrounds one of the Springs of Mother Earth at Waimangu.

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GNS Science
Reference: CN24589/5
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
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/hot-springs-mud-pools-and-geysers/2/3/2