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Prince of Wales Feathers Geyser, New Zealand
New Zealand is not a very large island, but very fascinating. Breathtaking mountain panoramas and coastlines, and not only ... New Zealand is a peaceful, quiet ,relaxing and picturesque country. The whole country is seething and bubbling like a huge cauldron, suspended above an underground fire. “The earth trembles, and its bark is like a cake pan in many places, cracks, and pulls out a pair from there ... "- a hero of the novel " The Children of Captain Grant " by Jules Verne saw Rotorua, the tourist mecca of New Zealand.
The Whakarewarewa thermal area
On the outskirts of the city park the thermal area Whakarewarewa is located - numerous lakes with hot (400 C) water, shrouded in steam and surrounded by mountains. Whakarewarewa means "the rising of Warriors Wahiao" ), often called simply Whaka and it is a geothermal area in the Taupo volcanic zone, Rotorua city in New Zealand . Whakarewarewa is home to about 500 sources, most hot springs alkaline , and at least 65 geysers , including seven active geysers.
The Prince of Wales Feathers Geyser
The Rotorua area attracts many visitors due to the great thermal activity of the Prince Charles Geyser. This is one of the most spectacular and impressive geysers. On the banks of the ponds giant ferns grow. The proximity of these botanical relics form the geysers and fumaroles. These are cracks in the ground from which steams escape and create an overall impression that you are in the Earth's prehistoric past. Every 20 minutes, "The Prince of Wales Feathers" Geyser begins its show here and this is only a prelude to the main action, which is created by the largest Pohutu geyser in New Zealand. Splashing it throws a fountain height up to 30 meters.
Origin of the name
The Prince Charles Geyser is situated near the Pohutu geyser and the origin of the name of the geyser goes back to the 1920 year when Prince Charles of Wales visited Whakarewarewa and someone assimilated the eruption of the geyser with the feather of Prince Wales’ hat.
Eruption of the geyser
Prince of Wales Feathers Geyser always erupts before the Pohutu Geyser. Its oblique jets reach heights of about eight meters. The hot water flows on the foreground and provides an icon scenery. The "Prince of Wales Feathers" gathers obviously a special audience. It warms-up, starts its first presentation, letting a weak stream first , but its height releases gradually and then increases and finally reaches nine meters. The maestro and the romantic geyser as it is considered is capricious: the power of the geyser activity depends on the wind, as well as an actor’ s role can depend on his mood. To see this view, of course, it is worth. And when you find yourself on this for so long drifting piece of land, not to go to Rotorua will be simply unacceptable. The openings of these fountains are framed by white flint incrustations, which have been formed from hydrogen sulfide dissolved in water.
This geothermal area is of exceptional beauty and at the same time the city is conceived and built as a unique resort. Clearly in the middle of Lake Rotorua is the island with its own Mokoyya, especially medicinal spring. But the valley of geysers is the main attraction - the largest geysers in the country, "the Prince of Wales Feathers" and Pouhutu, throwing every 20 minutes the water to a height of 30 meters. Let's go and relax there, take care of health, study the geothermal area, bath, fly over the geysers by helicopter, enjoy the beauty of learning the culture of Maori that are the focus of these places.
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Geysers are one of the manifestations of later stages of volcanism , and common areas of modern volcanic activity provided by hydrogeological conditions.
Being an intermittent hot water spring and vapor, volcanic, throwing water at regular intervals, to the sea lifting time form of a column, a geyser occurs if the activity of a volcano is at a late stage.
Large assets of geysers in the world are few , but they are of a rare beauty and fascination.
They are a pride and remarkable natural phenomena for the states where they are situated .
No matter what shape, cone-like or like fountains, geysers are rare as they need an almost perfect balance of heat and water conditions and the right rock and channeling.
Best spots of geysers in the world There are few best spots of geysers in the world.
There are only about a thousand geysers in the world situated on some major geothermal areas with geysers force on the Earth: Yellowstone Plateau in the U.
S.
A.
(where it is concentrated about half of all existing geysers), Iceland, New Zeeland( 58 geysers), Kamchatka, Chile, Papua New Guinea ( 38 active geysers), Indonesia( Sumatra Island – 17 geysers), Eastern Africa ( 6 geysers), China ( 10 geysers), Japan ( 4 geysers), Ethiopia and Kenya( very few).
Europeans first learned about the Icelandic geysers in the thirteenth century.
Yellowstone geysers were far from the civilized world until of the first decade of the nineteenth century.
John Colter ‘s stories were perceived as nonsense for too long time.
It took more than fifty years, unless specific expedition with the participation of artists and photographers convinced people of the existence of the world's largest geyser fields in the super-giant caldera of the dormant.
In 1872, Yellowstone geysers were under the protection of the world's first national park.
In 1850, a missionary from R.
Taylor became aware of the geysers in New Zealand.
It was only in 1941 that is only recently in historical terms, has been committed by one of the last great geographical discoveries on the planet.
Thegeologist T.
Ustinova and the conductor Alexander Krupenin, apparently, were the first humans to set foot on the shore of the river called Geyser.
What threatens the geysers? How long do they live? In some parts of the world geothermal geysers are simply former constructions.
In the 19th century , New Zealand North Island had five major geyser fields, which erupted about 220 geysers, now it has only 58 geysers, some of them quite small.
The reasons for the disappearance of New Zealand's geysers are different : natural disasters (volcanic eruption of Tarawera, changes on the groundwater levels), the drilling for the construction of thermal power plants, flooding during the construction of hydroelectric power.
The most powerful geyser on the Earth , Waimangu existed in New Zealand from 1899 to 1904.
With each eruption, it threw about 800 tons of water and trapped many jet stones raised by half a kilometer high.
There are even cases of death, found themselves too close to the erupting from the giant.
But Waimangu stopped working due to the lower water levels in the nearby lake.
Geysers are valuable destinations in the world.
A fascinating circuit where you can live unforgettable moments is visiting spectacular attractions such as the mysterious geysers.
They offer fascinating landscapes where majestic volcanoes and impressive lava formations are found together.
If you are a geyser fan, we offer a selection of the most beautiful and largest geysers in the world.
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