Mount Tongariro
Last Tuesday we were returning to Kapiti from Taupo, the Desert Road was closed by ice and snow and so we took a detour around the back of the Mountains and I took a few photos.
It was a beautiful clear day, but obviously a huge dump of snow had fallen on the mountains and the surrounding area on the previous day and night. This photo shows the Mari crater on Mt Tongariro, showing continuous wide bursts of white smoke and steam
This photo shows Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe with its' distinctive cone.
When we turned and looked in the other direction we could see Mt Taranaki far away on the West Coast.
All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2015
