Friday 18 September 2009

Rotarua - the volcanic lands






Not the official strap line but as you'll see quite enchanting, as there is a lot of geothermal activity going on around town, you can see steam coming up from the drainage vents in the streets, at pools in peoples gardens and in public parks, just to the right of the lake front, is the sulfur pool or flats well take a looks at the pics and see for yourself. they are especially hypnotic with a setting sun in the background.

For those of you who don't have geology degree or similarly minded the whole area smells like rotten eggs, there are also pools of boiling mud. All this energy has been harnessed to heat water and cook, with the local homeless contingency dropping cans of food into the boiling pools to get a hot meat (so I have been told).

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