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Lady Knox geyser erupting

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Lady Knox geyser erupting

About two or three minutes after it has been soaped, the geyser erupts. The sack in front of the geyser had been placed over the soap, and was then forced out.

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Carol Stewart, Hot springs, mud pools and geysers – Geysers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7248/lady-knox-geyser-erupting (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carol Stewart, published 2 March 2009.