“In 1886, Mount Tarawera, near the town of Rotorua on New Zealand’s North Island erupted. It was New Zealand’s largest volcanic eruption and it killed over a hundred people. It left behind a massive crater but nature had other plans for the place. Less than 130 years later New Zealand is the proud owner of the largest hot spring in the world. The local Europeans quickly gave their new spring an it does what it says on the label name – Frying Pan Lake. Although it only fills part of the crater made by the 1886 flare-up of Tarawera, the lake, which has a flat bottom, has a depth of six meters but the vents leading up to it are often three times the size.” w/ photos
