Story: Volcanoes

Mt Ngāuruhoe erupting, 1974

Incandescent scoria, photographed at night with time lapse, fountains from Mt Ngāuruhoe’s crater and cascades down the mountain.

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Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, Volcanoes – Cone volcanoes and volcanic fields, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/8699/mt-ngauruhoe-erupting-1974 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Richard Smith, David J. Lowe and Ian Wright, published 2 March 2009.