Boat trip from Whakatane to White Island (Whakaari) and return 27 November 2011. Saw a good number of gannets, common dolphins, bottlenosed dolphins, false killer whales and pilot whales.
Leaving Whakatane
leaving Whakatane
Whale Island
White Island, getting closer
White Island and me
Gannets
Getting ready to land
First boat crew to land
The Crater approaches
The Pee Jays boat
Wondering amongst the geothermal activity
Fumarole and me
Fumarole and me
Sulphur stream deposits
Sulphur and fumarole
Wandering in the Crater
Crater walls
Sulphur
Sulphur and fumaroles
Sulphur and fumaroles
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Geothermal activity
Colours
Crater Lake and me
Crater Lake edge
Patterns, dried up Crater Lake
Acidic green water or whatever it is
Fumaroles
The way back
Towards the old factory
Mud Pools
Mud Pools
Mud Pools
Towards the Crater
Native ice plant, the only vascular plant in the crater, but not in the really hot stuff