Forest with lot of tree ferns cover the shores of Lake Rotomahana in the volcanic valley Waimangu in New Zealand.

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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 and fumaroles. 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 und Fumarolen.

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Size: 4800px × 3200px
Location: Lake Rotomahana, Waimangu Valley, Rotorua District, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Roland Knauer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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