Saturday, March 21, 2009

Champagne Pool, New Zealand




Taken with Canon powershot A75, dated Nov 2004


Champagne Pool is the largest spring in the district, around 65 metres across and 62 metres deep within Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Its name is derived from the abundant efflux of carbon dioxide, similiar to a glass of bubbling champagne. Within the bright orange rim of the pool are things like silver, gold, mercury and arsenic.

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