Champagne Pool by mlewis

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 03, 2004

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Description

The edge of the 'Champagne Pool' in Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland, NZ. This pool is a hot spring 65 metres across and 62 metres deep and has a surface temperature of 74 degrees C. It is called the Champagne Pool because of the carbon dioxide bubbles in the water. The orange edge is due to the mineral antimony being deposited. Other minerals in the water include gold, silver, arsenic, mercury, thallium, so making the water not only very hot but toxic as well. Great place to visit - strange colours, features, and smells!

Comments (16)

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LindaB

11:03AM | Sat, 03 July 2004

Great Shot! I'd love to visit this place.

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voncotu

12:29PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

Unbelievably gorgeous. What a wonderful glimpse of Nature.

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bogomil

1:37PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

Awesome shot! It's really beautiful! Looks a little unreal, as if you took this shot on Mars or Venus... And the compositon is just perfect for me. Congrats!

Tedz

1:50PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

You captured the Champagne Pool perfectly.....and, I am getting a whiff of Sulphar too :]

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jcv2

2:25PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

Wow, that's a very remarkable place! New Zealand is full of colorful surprises! Impressive shot!

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Lalani

3:39PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

So there's no swimming, I suppose? sigh :( Hehe, fantastic shot =)

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Akinom

4:30PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

An impressive shot! Are those colours real? Stunning!

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Enmos

5:25PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

Awesome !! Just awesome !!! Excellent work !!

Michelle A.

8:46PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

Splendid shot!

cynlee

9:37PM | Sat, 03 July 2004

so beautiful!! luv the colors, steam, perspective, making it an xcellent shot!! shoot, no swimming then...

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WandM

3:46AM | Sun, 04 July 2004

Excellent. This is a beauty!

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addiek

12:08PM | Sun, 04 July 2004

We love Rotorua!!! Saw almost everything there! This IS a great composition considering the limited angle for photographs the boardwalks provide. Excellently done and well researched as well! You would discover pretty quickly why people don't swim there by testing the edge of the water with a toe and watching it go bright pink!

logiloglu

6:08PM | Sun, 04 July 2004

wow, what a shot. fantastic colours. wonderful landscape. vote !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!

PapaGuru

5:11AM | Mon, 05 July 2004

Colourful deadly pool, a fine job!

ilutegija

9:41AM | Mon, 05 July 2004

amazing place... and capture!

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aangus

5:43PM | Mon, 12 July 2004

Nah, its too weird to be true. If you said you'd been to Venus or Titan or Uranus or somewhere ,I might believe you, but this is not the same planet as I live on!!!!!