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The cascading geothermal pink and white terraces of Aotearoa New Zealand were often referred to internationally and within New Zealand as the eighth wonder of the world. They were a famous tourist attraction in the 19th century until the...

Sophie Hinerangi (c. 1834-1911), known as Guide Sophia on the pink and white terraces, destroyed when Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886. Photograph taken in January 1885.

Painting by John Hoyte (1835-1913) of the world-famous pink and white terraces of New Zealand that were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1886. Sarjeant Gallery, Te Whare o Rehua, Whanganui.

Photograph showing the famed pink and white terraces of New Zealand and the terraced thermal pools on the edge of Lake Rotomahana. Photograph taken by Burton Bros (1866–1914) of Dunedin. The terraces were destroyed in 1886, following the...

Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta, l. 1822-1909) was an Oglala Lakota Sioux chief, statesman, and military strategist who became the only Native American leader of the Plains Indians to win a war against the United States. Red Cloud's War (1866-1868...

Sophie Hinerangi (c.1834-1911) is best known as Guide Sophia, who was a tourist guide on the famed pink and white terraces of New Zealand. The terraces were destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1866.

An 1888 painting by Kenneth Watkins (1847-1933) of the 'phantom canoe' seen on Lake Tarawera, New Zealand on May 31, 1886, eleven days before the eruption of Mount Tarawera in June 1886. To the local Maori population, the sighting was an...

Photograph taken by photographer, George Valentine (1852-1890), showing the destruction wrought by the eruption of the volcano, Mount Tarawera (New Zealand) in June 1886. The image shows what was left of the Rotomahana Hotel owned by Joseph...

A painting by Charles Blomfield (1848-1926) showing the eruption of Mount Tarawera (New Zealand) in 1886.

Sonar images of some of the White Terraces of Rotomahana have shown up in side-scan sonar data from a GNS Science led expedition in January 2011. Cornel de Ronde explains the discovery. Archival Images courtesy of the Alexander Turnbull...