A Misty Morning with Green
Hobbiton Movie Set
Looking through the teeth
The Matukituki Valley
Lake Wanaka
New Zealand

Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters
Alfie Speight
Autumn at Moke Lake
Queenstown
New Zealand
The view up the Dart Valley
Glenorchy
New Zealand
The view up the Matukituki Valley
Home
Wanaka
New Zealand
Lake Taupo Cloudscape

Lake Taupo lies in a caldera created by a supervolcanic eruption which occurred approximately 26,500 years ago. According to geological records, the volcano has erupted 28 times in the last 27,000 years.

The initial event 26,500 years ago is the largest eruption and is known as the Oruanui eruption. It ejected an estimated 1170 cubic kilometres of material and caused several hundred square kilometres of surrounding land to collapse and form the caldera. The caldera later filled with water, eventually overflowing to cause a huge outwash flood.
Tongariro National Park
Summer
Desert
Beautiful
Just Clouds
Atiamuri
Solace
The Waikato River
Atiamuri
A Misty Morning with Green
Hobbiton Movie Set
A Misty Morning with Green
Hobbiton Movie Set
A Misty Morning with Green
Hobbiton Movie Set
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All Images (C) Ian Brodie Photo 2011