"This is New Zealand's Titanic," said one scientist who dedicated several years of his career to searching for the 8th Wonder of the World – thought to be lost forever – destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption in 1886 that devastated the natural landscape. Known to the Māori people as "the
Pink and white terraces of Lake Rotomahana on North Island, which had been a major Victorian tourist attraction, were believed to have been lost in an 1886 volcanic eruption
"This is New Zealand's Titanic," said one scientist who dedicated several years of his career to searching for the 8th Wonder of the World – thought to be lost forever – destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption in 1886 that devastated the natural landscape. Known to the Māori people as "the
Few things illustrate the dynamic and tentative nature of scientific investigations like the ongoing quest to locate the Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana. As an intriguing science mystery, the terraces have it all – worldwide fame, a recently discovered 19th century diary, sophisticated technology and puzzling photographic evidence. The quest to find the terraces also provides a fitting story about how science works – as the investigations take circuitous, contradictory and surprising investigative paths.
Lost to a violent volcanic eruption in 1886, the remains of the Pink and White Terraces may have been located again.
"This is New Zealand's Titanic," said one scientist who dedicated several years of his career to searching for the 8th Wonder of the World – thought to be lost forever – destroyed by a massive volcanic eruption in 1886 that devastated the natural landscape. Known to the Māori people as "the
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Lost to a violent volcanic eruption in 1886, the remains of the Pink and White Terraces may have been located again.
During the 19th century, Lake Rotomahana’s famous Pink and White Terraces were described as the Eighth Wonder of the World. The terraces were New Zealand’s most famous attraction for intrepid tourists, until the massive volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10, 1886 destroyed them and buried two villages. Their photographs, postcards, and paintings are […]
Soaking in steaming hot water was a favourite experience in the thermal regions. These young Māori are bathing in a silica basin at the Pink Terraces on Lake Rotomahana, near Rotorua, around 1880. The terraces were lost when nearby Mt Tarawera erupted in 1886. They were thought to have been ...
Researchers believe they have found the pink and white terraces, which were once cascading pools that descended into Lake Rotomahana, on New Zealand's North Island.
Pink terraces, near Rotorua, New Zealand. Painting of the terraces done prior to 1886. Image taken from here. Last week’s geology word of the week was travertine. In response to the word of the week, a blog reader named Michael sent me a link to a wikipedia article about the spectacular– but lost– pink and white travertine terraces in New Zealand. I had never heard of these terraces before, but …
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