Mount Ngauruhoe (Mount Doom)

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 1 February 2006 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

This picture of Mount Ngauruhoe was taken 2 days after my photo of Red Crater with Mount Ngauruhoe but this time the clouds cleared to get a nice, clean shot. It's a beautiful volcano that dominates the landscape for many kilometers. It's become known as Mount Doom to the locals because it was used by Peter Jackson in the film The Lord of the Rings for the scenes with Frodo and Sam climbing Mount Doom to destroy the ring.

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