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Nature's palette

On June 5th, 2008 Nick says:

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This spring is called The Champagne Pool,being 65m in diameter and 62m deep. Its surface temperature is 74 degC. It is filled by deeper streams which are heated by magma left from early eruptions. Minerals contained in the water are gold, silver, mercury, sulphur, arsenic, thallium, antimony and are presently depositing unbelievable color and texture in the surrounding sinter ledge. Orange is due to Antimony and Sulphur. The place is real wonderland, it is called Wai-O-Tapu and is in the vicinity of Rotorua, New Zealand.
Sony A100+SAL18250, RAW file, minimum processing
Wai-O-Tapu, April 2008

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