8th Wonder of the World (Pink & White Terraces) Rediscovered in New Zealand!

A team including researchers from GNS Science, Waikato University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution were mapping the lake floor when they discovered a portion of the Pink Terraces in early 2011. The lower two tiers of the terraces were found in their original location at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft). It is unclear whether other tiers may have survived but been buried by ash or sediments.

New Zealand's Pink and White Terraces, or Otukapuarangi ("fountain of the clouded sky") and Te Tarata ("the tattooed rock") in Māori,[1] were considered a natural wonder. They were thought to have been completely destroyed by a violent volcanic eruption in 1886, but researchers discovered portions of the Pink Terraces on the bottom of Lake Rotomahana in 2011.[2] The Pink and White terraces have been dubbed by a number of people as "The Eighth Wonder of the World".

For more info including photos & video on the destruction of one of natures most beautiful creations, the Pink & White Terraces in Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand go to......
http://www.virtualoceania.net/newzealand/photos/volcanic/terraces/

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[IllyMooncat]

Shweeet. These terraces look so cool, I'm glad Tarawera didn't obliterate them

[Misscarrington87]

Ohh great!! now the government are gonna rank it for money and tourism purposes :/

[Byakuyahot]

they look beautiful. i hope they can get to explore or see them.

[Jamestordoff]

I agree

[theporehouse]

Just amazing. Atleast something good has come from all this in NZ.