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Page 1: 26th IAGS 2013 FIELD TRIP FT03 & FT11 2013 FT03 - FT11 W… · 26th IAGS 2013 FIELD TRIP FT03 & FT11 Waiotapu thermal area. hampagne Pool is in the centre with surrounding sinter

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26th IAGS 2013 FIEL D TRI P FT03 & FT11

White Island and Mt Tarawera

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White Island, an active andesite volcano in the Bay of Plenty

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Approaching the crater by helicopter

Helicopters in the crater of White Island

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Fumaroles depositing sulphur, White Island

Viewing fumaroles in the crater of White Island

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Mt Tarawera, a composite rhyolite dome. Photo Lloyd Homer

View along the Tarawera linear vent zone from Waimangu thermal area, across Lake Rotomahana, to Tarawera and Mt Edgecumbe. Photo Lloyd Homer

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Waiotapu thermal area. Champagne Pool is in the centre with surrounding sinter sheet extending left, and collapse craters right foreground. Photo: Lloyd Homer.

Champagne Pool at Waiotapu. The pool is a former hydro-thermal eruption vent, surrounded by a silica sinter terrace. photo: Lloyd Homer