Story: Hot springs, mud pools and geysers

Ōrākei Kōrako geyser (1st of 2)

Ōrākei Kōrako geyser

This photograph was taken on 24 January 1961. It captures one of the last eruptions of the Ōrākei Kōrako geyser before it was drowned by the damming of the Waikato River.

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Photograph by E. F. Lloyd

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Carol Stewart, 'Hot springs, mud pools and geysers - Protecting geothermal features', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/6511/orakei-korako-geyser (accessed 20 April 2024)

Story by Carol Stewart, published 12 Jun 2006