Wai-O-Tapu Termal Wonderland

Fine Art Photography by Nikolay Kabzamalov»New Zealand
  • The Shampagne Pool is the largest in the Wai-O-Tapu area, being 65m in diameter and 62m deep. The serface temperature is 74 grC. Minerals contained in the water are gold,silver, mercury, sulfur, arsenic, thallium, antimony etc depositing in the surrounding sinter ledge.
  • The Devil's Home - a crater where under ground acid action has caused the ground to collapse, cooling volcanic vapours have coloured the walls in yellow and greenish colours.
  • The Devil's Bath - a large crater with an amazing water colour at the base. The colour is a result of mixing the underground water stream with sulphur and ferrous salts.
  • Boiling Mud in the Thunder Crater
  • Boiling Mud
  • A hot spring called The Artist's Palette
  • A hot spring called The Artist's Palette
  • The Primarose Terrace - the water from The Champagne Pool overflows and as it slowly evaporates deposits siliceous sinter. The teraces are very frigile and cover about 3 acres. : water, sediment, rotorua
  • Close-up of The Primarose Terrace - the water from The Champagne Pool overflows and as it slowly evaporates deposits siliceous sinter.
  • The Termal Wonderland called Wai-O-Tapu (Sacred Waters)
  • The Shampagne Pool is the largest in the Wai-O-Tapu area, being 65m in diameter and 62m deep. The serface temperature is 74 grC. Minerals contained in the water are gold,silver, mercury, sulfur, arsenic, thallium, antimony etc depositing in the surrounding sinter ledge.
  • The Artist's Palette is formed by overfowing water from the Champagne Pool. As the waters cool, the minerals are exposed to the atmosphere and they show in variaty of locations and colours.
  • The Devil's Bath - a large crater with an amazing water colour at the base. The colour is a result of mixing the underground water stream with sulphur and ferrous salts.
  • The Shampagne Pool is the largest in the Wai-O-Tapu area, being 65m in diameter and 62m deep. The serface temperature is 74 grC. Minerals contained in the water are gold,silver, mercury, sulfur, arsenic, thallium, antimony etc depositing in the surrounding sinter ledge