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Wednesday, 9th January 2008

Champagne Pool

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.

Website: WillBL.com - Photoblog

Champagne Pool by Will Burrard-Lucas was photo of the day on Wednesday, 9th January 2008. It is tagged Lakes, New Zealand. You can leave a comment below.

23 Comments

caglow

9th January 2008 at 1:23 am

Wow! Very nice colors!

Anurag

9th January 2008 at 7:39 am

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.

Ian

9th January 2008 at 7:42 am

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!

Tom Brooklyn

9th January 2008 at 9:41 am

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

Jacob Maentz

9th January 2008 at 12:57 pm

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

James Roussel

9th January 2008 at 1:39 pm

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!

Nikiforos

9th January 2008 at 2:15 pm

Great picture and beautiful place

Yasmin

9th January 2008 at 3:31 pm

Wow! Thanks for sharing this beautiful view.

Ann

9th January 2008 at 4:12 pm

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

Renee

9th January 2008 at 4:18 pm

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

Andrew

9th January 2008 at 5:09 pm

beauty

laurens

9th January 2008 at 9:53 pm

very nice, a little weird , but nice

Pauline Jones

10th January 2008 at 10:35 am

I’ve never seen this place before: thanks

Andy

10th January 2008 at 1:05 pm

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

Pieter -sAner- van der Horst

11th January 2008 at 6:41 pm

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!