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PHOTOGRAPHY: Visions of New Zealand
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Published 5 months, 1 week ago
Date: 1904, Rotorua, NZ
Photographer: James McDonald
Purchased: 2009 by Te Papa (C.025083)
History: Waimangu (Black Waters) was a spectacular geyser, active from 1900 to 1904.
At its peak, eruptions were observed reaching heights of up to 1,500 feet (460 m), making Waimangu eruptions the largest ever recorded.
The Geyser was most likely created by the Mount Tarawera eruption, 1886.
Waimangu took the lives of four tourists, due to a sudden blast on 30 August 1903. David McNaughton, Joseph Warbrick, and sisters Ruby and Catherine Nicholls were tragically swept away by the violent eruption.
After the geyser became extinct, hydrothermal activity in the nearby Echo Crater increased, leading to eruptions in the crater in 1915, 1917, and 1924.
Photographer: James McDonald
Purchased: 2009 by Te Papa (C.025083)
History: Waimangu (Black Waters) was a spectacular geyser, active from 1900 to 1904.
At its peak, eruptions were observed reaching heights of up to 1,500 feet (460 m), making Waimangu eruptions the largest ever recorded.
The Geyser was most likely created by the Mount Tarawera eruption, 1886.
Waimangu took the lives of four tourists, due to a sudden blast on 30 August 1903. David McNaughton, Joseph Warbrick, and sisters Ruby and Catherine Nicholls were tragically swept away by the violent eruption.
After the geyser became extinct, hydrothermal activity in the nearby Echo Crater increased, leading to eruptions in the crater in 1915, 1917, and 1924.