Taupo, land of steaming piles...
...of mud.
This is "Craters of the Moon" at Taupo. All the smoky stuff you can see is steam coming up through naturally created vents in the ground after the nearby power station lowered underground water levels in the 1950s and affected the geography in the area around it. The vents come in the form of fumeroles and craters and some of these gurgle away loudly.
It's called "Craters of the Moon" because somebody thought it looked "other worldly". Actually it just looks like someone's blown a load of holes in the ground on Earth, but it's very interesting and quite weird.
This is "Craters of the Moon" at Taupo. All the smoky stuff you can see is steam coming up through naturally created vents in the ground after the nearby power station lowered underground water levels in the 1950s and affected the geography in the area around it. The vents come in the form of fumeroles and craters and some of these gurgle away loudly.
It's called "Craters of the Moon" because somebody thought it looked "other worldly". Actually it just looks like someone's blown a load of holes in the ground on Earth, but it's very interesting and quite weird.
posted by Cathers at 9:20 am
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