Ruapehu Eruption, Image: Lloyd Homer@GNS Science Ruapehu is very popular with skiers, trampers and other adventurers. As an active volcano with the potential for sudden eruptions through its crater lake, Ruapehu presents the Department of Conservation with a significant hazard management issue. Lahars on Ruapehu: Image: Lloyd Homer@GNS Science Obviously there is the possibility of […]
If you had to work out the daily quantities of different gases coming out of a volcano and spreading across the sky in a huge, mostly invisible plume, where would you begin? This video gives a brief introduction to how New Zealand’s GeoNet scientists go about it: The information is combined with other evidence such
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My next experience of a GeoNet gas monitoring flight was over Tongariro and Ruapehu. This time Karen Britten and I were joined by Fiona Atkinson (left in photo) who is part of the GeoNet volcano monitoring team. As we approached the volcanoes from over Lake Taupo, the small gas plume from Te Maari was visible.
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On my way back to civilisation from Tama Lakes, I decided to take a detour to visit Saddle Cone, ( GeoTrip page here: www.geotrips.org.nz/trip.html?id=53 ) a small isolated crater on the northern slopes of Ruapehu. You can see the tilted rim of the cone in the centre of the photo: The second image is looking
Last weekend I went to camp and tramp in the Tama Lakes area on the saddle between Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. These lakes were created by several explosion craters within the last ten thousand years giving them a circular or crescent form. The landscape is covered with blocks of lava and scoria as well as some
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
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