Seeing beneath the water and mud of Lake Rotomahana
Here is our video describing this years Rotomahana explorations – a hidden world come into view!
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Lake Rotomahana Seismic
The Seismic Survey of Lake Rotomahana is proceeding well this week. Whilst it is being led by GNS Science, the University of Waikato and NIWA are providing technical assistance with some of the equipment being used. The first photo shows the survey boat being loaded with the the cable that contains the hydrophones. These pick
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Scientists hope for picture of Pink and White Terraces soon
By the end of this week, scientists hope to have a clearer picture of how the famous Pink and White Terraces look. Listen to the National Radio interview: (3′37″) Download: Ogg Vorbis MP3 | Embed New Zealand Herald article on the project here
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Rotomahana multibeam survey
This week I am revisiting Lake Rotomahana with Cornel de Ronde and two surveyors from IXSurvey, Mark Matthews and Dave Mundy. Our first goal in this year’s research at the lake is to make the most detailed map possible of the lake floor. Next week we will use this detailed map to help us take
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Groundwater dating around Lake Rotorua
“If you want to have an insight into a society, just look at the water in the streams and rivers” Uwe Morgenstern, GNS Science’s specialist in groundwater and ice dating, runs a laboratory that is the most accurate water dating facility in the world. His methods are so precise, that they are four times more
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The White Terraces Reappear after 125 years
On 10th June 1886, exactly 125 years ago today, Mount Tarawera erupted briefly and violently, resulting in the disappearance of the Pink and White Terraces of Rotomahana, and devastation of the landscape. The former lake disappeared and was slowly replaced by the much larger and deeper lake which remains to this day. This 1880 Charles
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Pink Terraces found!
The Pink Terraces of Rotomahana before the Tarawera Eruption of 1886 (Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, must be obtained before any re-use of this image). Devastation after the Tarawera eruption Yes – the unbelievable news is, that inspite of being located at the centre of New Zealand’s most violent eruption of
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