https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/ Rotorua So named because of the different coloured minerals. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114470688 114470688 There was so much steam we could barely make out the Champagne Pool! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114470689 114470689 The orange edge is made up of arsenic and antimony, carbon dioxide bubbles to the surface giving the pool its name. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114470691 114470691 At one point he disappeared altogether and I had to wait till the wind changed and blew it away! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471707 114471707 The orange deposits at the edge are antimony and arsenic! The bubbles are carbon dioxide. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471706 114471706 This doesn't look very inviting does it! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114470692 114470692 This huge area has built up over the centuries from mineral deposits carried in the hot water passing over it. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114470693 114470693 With all the bubbling, steaming craters it could be another planet! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471701 114471701 Clive looking into the steaming, bubbling grey water in this crater. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114470690 114470690 The water in this lake was really hot and the waterfall which poured into it was steaming and bubbling as well! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471702 114471702 These amazing craters were all over the place! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471703 114471703 It took patience and several photos before I caught this puddle bubbling up! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471705 114471705 This one, although hot, was calm and reflective. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471710 114471710 This was the surface of the sinter, absolutely beautiful. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471714 114471714 Well it looks like it doesn't it! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471715 114471715 This pool is the most amazing shade of yellow! Clive called it billious! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471716 114471716 A nice couple took our photo! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471720 114471720 This looks like a river but its not liquid, its rock! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471718 114471718 Named for its resemblance to the shellfish. Note the warning sign! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471717 114471717 I found this elegant chap riding on my shoulder inside my tee shirt! In my panic to remove him I inadvertently damaged two of his legs :o( https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114473864 114473864 An amazing sight! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114473865 114473865 You can see the sulphur build up top left. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471719 114471719 A close up of the sulphur deposits in the Sulphur Cave https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114473866 114473866 I spotted this little guy as we were walking through the valley. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114473868 114473868 It was fun trying to get photos just as the mud erupted! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471704 114471704 Another piece of sculpture by Mother Nature! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471712 114471712 Frozen in time as it explodes into the air. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471708 114471708 Like an piece of sculpture by an amazing artist! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471709 114471709 Wow, that one really went with a bang! https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471713 114471713 These fantastic patterns were created as the extremely fine mud bubbles up to the surface. https://www.morrisfolk.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=114471711 114471711