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Location:

Waiotapu, New Zealand
Oceania

Contributor

Chuck Hallau

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Sacred Waters
Waiotapu is an active geothermal zone on the northern island of New Zealand. Nearly 20 square kilometers, the area contains colorful hot springs, geysers, and a boiling mud pool. The mud pool was created by a mud volcano that was destroyed by erosion in the 1920s. Today, it is one of the best examples of bubbling mud in New Zealand.