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Eye Candy: New Zealand's champagne pool


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    Cheryl Santa Maria
    Digital Reporter

    Thursday, September 25, 2014, 7:15 PM -

    The name of this hot spring was derived from a high concentration of carbon dioxide that create bubbles similar to what you'd see in a glass of bubbly.


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    Scientists believe it was formed about 900 years ago following an eruption in the North Island of New Zealand, leaving behind a crater about 65 metres in diametre.

    The orange ring around the hot spring comes from arsenic and antimony sulphide deposits.


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    "ChampagnePool-Wai-O-Tapu rotated MC" by Christian Mehlführer, User:Chmehl - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons.


    CHAMPAGNE POOL

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    CHAMPAGNE POOL AT WAI O TAPU

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    Champagne Pool, Wai-O-Tapu

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