Mt. Ruapehu, North Island, New Zealand

The images are courtesy of (and mirror) The Department of Geology, Auckland University:

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These images were taken at approximately 5pm on 23rd of Sept 1995. The photos were taken by Brett Hooker and Meg Smith - former students of Auckland University on a ski weekend at Turoa. Each image is approximately 122kb and together they form a sequence.


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The following image was taken by John Nowak on Monday (25th Sept) after the 6pm eruption. It also shows the lahars from earlier eruptions. jf.nowak@auckland.ac.nz

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Copyrighted to:
© Copyright, Brett Hooker, 1995
© Copyright, Meg Smith, 1995
© Copyright, John Nowak, 1995

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