Situated in a volcanic rift valley Lake Rotomahana in New Zealand shows fumaroles and geysers with sinter terraces around.

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Erupting Mount Tarawera on New Zealand's North Island created at 10 June 1886 the 17 kilometers long Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley. It is now the youngest geothermal ecosystem with a wide variety of volcanic features like the Lake Rotomahana with a lot of hot springs, fumaroles and geysers with sinter terraces around like at the shores here. Der Ausbruch des Tarawera-Vulkans am 10. Juni 1886 schuf auf der Nordinsel Neuseelands das Waimangu-Vulkantal. Das ist das jüngste geothermale Ökosystem der Welt mit einer Reihe vulkanischer Erscheinungen wie Lake Rotomahana mit seinen heißen Quellen, Fumarolen und Geysiren mit Sinter-Terrassen wie auf dem Bild.

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Size: 4000px × 6000px
Location: Lake Rotomahana, Waimangu Valley, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Roland Knauer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: bay, district, geyser, geysir, lake, neuseeland, plenty, region, rift, rotomahana, rotorua, sinter, sinter-terrasse, terrace, valley, volcanic, volcanism, vulkanismus, vulkanspalte, waimangu, zealand