Rotomahana, and the Boiling Springs of New Zealand. A Photographic Series of Sixteen Views, by D. L. Mundy. With descriptive notes by Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Professor of the Polytechnic ...

Geothermal springs sent water full of silica flowing downward near Lake Rotomahana, on the country’s North Island. As the minerals hardened, they formed terraces brimming with warm water. The Māori ...

However, 1886 brought a cataclysmic change. An eruption shook Tarawera, believed to have consumed the terraces into ...

Finishing with a tranquil cruise around Lake Rotomahana to view the stunning pink and white terraces. You will then travel a short distance to the surreal beauty of Waiotapu. A large sinter apron ...

There’s a spot on the shoreline from where Azamat Sarsenbayev used to jump into the brackish, blue-green Caspian Sea. Only a decade later, it now overlooks bare, stony ground stretching toward ...

High in the Indian Himalayas, a remote lake nestled in a snowy valley is strewn with hundreds of human skeletons. Roopkund Lake is located 5,029 metres (16,500ft) above sea level at the bottom of ...

Lake Kariba lies between Zambia and Zimbabwe in southern Africa. It was formed following the damming of the Zambezi River in the Kariba Gorge, where the river narrows between hills of hard rock ...

An ephemeral lake in Algeria last month. Image: Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey Behold Sebkha el Melah, an ephemeral lake in Algeria, seen from space.

With all of the noteworthy landmarks and landscapes the U.S. has to offer, including its world-famous beaches, mountains and metropolises, the country's variety of lake destinations can sometimes ...

Lake Chad - a source of water to millions of people in West Africa - has shrunk by nine-tenths due to climate change, population growth and irrigation. But can a scheme dating back to the 1980s ...

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The Lake District is a national park in North West England. It is England's largest national park and covers 2362 square kilometres. It is home to the highest mountain in England - Scafell Pike ...