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White Island

Imaggeo On Mondays: Sulphur volcano

March 23, 2020
Imaggeo On Mondays: Sulphur volcano

This photograph was taken in 2012 on a guided tour to Whakaari/White Island, an active volcano 50 km off the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The volcano lies on the northern end of the Taupo Volcanic zone and has possibly been active for the past 150,000 years. How dangerous this island …[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: White mist on White Island

January 20, 2014

White Island, also known as Whakaari, is an active stratovolcano off the coast of New Zeland’s North Island, nested in the northern end of the Taupo Volcanic Zone. Much of its activity is made up of bubbling mud pools and steamy, sulphurous clouds from fumaroles like the one below – sights that attracts many a …[Read More]