Filming on Ruapehu – Out There Learning

Last week I spent some time on Ruapehu with Bruno Cedat, a french documentary maker who is making a film about the geology and landscapes of New Zealand in collaboration with GNS Science.

During the making of his film he has participated in challenging outdoor adventures such as climbing, caving and kayaking in a variety of wild places across New Zealand, Here he is climbing the Pinnacles next to Whakapapa ski field.

We also tramped up the mountain to the summit plateau, with great views across to Ngauruhoe volcano further north.

In this next picture you can see Bruno approaching the Dome, along the edge of the summit plateau.

The Dome Shelter was covered in rime ice. Inside the shelter there is a seismometer that is used to monitor volcanic earthquakes. Here is the GeoTrip page for you to climb up to the Dome: www.geotrips.org.nz/trip.html?id=646

Here is a view of the crater lake, surrounded by a winter blanket of snow. It is currently at Alert Level 1 as you can see on the GeoNet website. For lots more information on Ruapehu have a look at our website here

Here is a preview of Bruno’s Film: New Zealand, Land of Adventure:

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Hi I’m Julian Thomson and I am involved in science communication and education in ways that link geoscientists with teachers and students, mostly in New Zealand, but also in Asia. This includes consultancy with school faculties and individual teachers around their earth science, ecology or outdoor programmes, running geoscience workshops and field trips, creating school learning resources, making educational videos and authoring web pages.

In my work I love to highlight the wonders of the natural world and ways that we can explore, become fascinated and never lose the sense of awe. I am also very interested in ways we can best safeguard ourselves from Natural Hazards which are a continual issue in New Zealand, sitting across a collision plate boundary as we do.

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