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Champagne Pool by Will Burrard-Lucas

Champagne Pool by Will Burrard-Lucas

Wednesday, 9th January 2008

Champagne Pool, Rotorua
by Will Burrard-Lucas
The Champagne Pool is found in the Wai-O-Tapu geothermal area of New Zealand. The lake is one of the largest hot springs in the area. It is roughly circular with a diameter of 65m and a depth of 62m. The surface temperature of the water is 74 deg. C and bubbles of carbon dioxide can be seen continuously rising to the surface, giving the pool its name. The pool has a distinctive orange edge, caused by the minerals orpiment and realgar, both sulphides of arsenic.
Equipment: Canon EOS 1D MK III, 16-35mm f2.8, tripod
Will
I am a keen travel photographer… I particularly enjoy nature and wildlife photography.
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Champagne Pool by Will Burrard-Lucas was Photo of the Day on Wednesday, January 9th, 2008. It is tagged Lakes, New Zealand. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

17 Comments

  1. caglow caglow Says:

    Wow! Very nice colors!

  2. Anurag Says:

    A great vista of our mother Earth. I particularly like the different zones of color, though the framing can do with some tweaking, esp. the upper left quadrant.

  3. Ian Ian Says:

    Great shot, cant help but feel like your back when the Earth was young agai. Hope it was worth the smell of sulphides everywhere bet you where getting that out of your clothes for days!

  4. Tom Brooklyn Says:

    Nice composition using curves. Vivid colors. Sharp detail on the rock and edge combined with mellow softness of the smoke and sky.

  5. Jacob Maentz Jacob Maentz Says:

    Very beautiful image! I just love the contrast of colors in this picture.

  6. James Roussel Says:

    This picture has a lot of texture. The lines in the stone are very clear. contrast white the texture in the orange rim and the steam cloud. Looks like it goes on for ever. Great picture!

  7. Nikiforos Says:

    Great picture and beautiful place

  8. Yasmin Says:

    Wow! Thanks for sharing this beautiful view.

  9. Ann Says:

    I like the complimentary tones of the colours and the sharpness of the texture

  10. Renee Says:

    Very interesting photo, I have never seen one of these close up woud like to though..thanks for sharing!

  11. Andrew Andrew Says:

    beauty

  12. laurens laurens Says:

    very nice, a little weird , but nice

  13. Pauline Jones Pauline Jones Says:

    I’ve never seen this place before: thanks

  14. Andy Says:

    This is another great photo by you, what fantastic tallent you and your brother have Will, thanks for sharing.

  15. Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:

    I have been there in october 2004 and loved this pool for it’s beautiful colors. Your composition is excellent and the colors are very saturated. Lot of details too. Well done!

  16. a. Says:

    This reminds me wonderfully sci-fi

  17. kml kml Says:

    Excellent colors and nicely composed!

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