Thursday, 18 June 2015

The Three Mountains, central North Island New Zealand

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
 
 
 


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