Rotomahama Springs, 1870 - 1880
Scope and Contents
240 x 192 mm. A view showing the lower terraces of the White Terrace Cascade (or ‘Te Tarata’ – tattooed Rock) with a Maori sitting in one of the pools in the saucer-like formations. Just above this terrace (not in the picture) is a geyser, the chemically impregnated water from which formed the terraces. Like the Pink Terrace, it too was destroyed in the eruption of 1886.
Dates
- Creation: 1870 - 1880
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Extent
1 photographic print(s) : photograph
Repository Details
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