The sandy shores of Lake Taupo

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 28 January 2006 in Plant & Nature.

In the middle of the North Island of New Zealand lies the beautiful Lake Taupo. The entire lake is actually a remnant caldera formed from a massive volcanic explosion around 1800 years ago. At 4-5 times the volume of the 1883 Krakatoa explosion, Lake Taupo was the largest volcanic eruption in human history, with reports of it being seen in Rome and China.

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