Sunday, March 15, 2009

Rotorua

Alayna arrived in Auckland and we immediately got started on our vacation starting in Rotorua here we are at one the best Thermal Reserves in the World! Wai-O-Tapu

Steam was coming up everywhere
Jenn and Alayna looking in on one of the craters
This area was called the artists palette because of all the colours






This water was extremely hot and acidic
unbelievable yellow colours
This is called the champagne pool, it is 62m deep and has a temperature of 75 C, in the deepest parts it is an unreal 260 C. The orange colours are caused by high levels of arsenic and antimony sulfides


One of many colourful and steaming craters
Lime green water in this crater
Mud Pools



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