dewhitton

God loves New Zealand, he gave them boiling mud... etc, etc. :D

I'm amazed that trees grow in the area.

No mud but have you ever been to Mount Wingen?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Mountain

I have driven past there many times but never stopped. I should do that, one day.

I was there more than 20 years ago. Assuming it's unchanged there are two places of interest. There's the large sulphurous bed of ash that everyone finds easily, but at the time I was there there was also a hot fissure some distance away with gasses spewing out at a rate you'd expect from an industrial machine rather than a natural (or semi-natural) process. It was near the walking trail, but didn't have any markings or signs. If the local council have any sense they would have fenced it off though because it would have been rather hazardous.

Ah Nature! So beautiful and so dangerous!

Great work with catching the mud bubbles!

Wow, such deadly beauty! I'd love to visit NZ someday if just to see stuff like this!

Wow, you've got some great shots! I'd love to see what you could capture of Yellowstone. :)

One day...

Definitely part of Mordor. :-)

I keep telling people, one does not have to walk to Mordor. You can drive most on the way on major highways, then take a short side road.