Friday, 11 August 2006

Orakei geothermal reserve

Above: Champagne Pond
Above: one of the Devil's inkpots (note eery steam drifting around!)
Above: weird green lake where all of it flows into...
Above: Inferno crater: the birth of a sinkhole?!

Above: The Hulk's equivalent to "little blue"?!
Hello everyone!

Finally, here are some images from NZ as requested/promised. I put them in a Bebo folder, but to save people having to sign up to (yet another) account, I thought I'd post some here as well. These photos are from Orakei geothermal wonderland. Cave divers - could this have been the Limestone Coast 1000's of years ago?! Note sinkholes - and the steam coming out of them!! the Champagne pool (it has the bright orange rim) is apparently 150deg at depth. And it's full of gold. So if you can invent an exposure suit that will protect you from the heat (?!?!), could be a great fundraising excercise for the club?

Anyway, feel free to leave comments etc. Miss you all!

PS weather is great here today - 11deg but yes there is SUN! :-)

3 comments:

RunDave said...

Sweet photos! Keep up the blogging, I'll put you on bloglines so that I can keep track of when you post new entries. Do you still post on my diving life?

rissa said...

hey rundave :)
I think this is the best place to post photos - yeah? Hopefully I won't run out of space!! I haven't posted on mydivinglife for about a month now, have been meaning to update it with my final Mt Gambier dives!! Will try and be more active on this one though! save group e-mails etc.
Cheers!!

Anonymous said...

Wow the photos are great... I'm amazed some tech head hasn't come up with a dry suit to keep you cool with the insentive of gold! Some of the boys in AUSC could raise a lot of money that way!!