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Hell's Gate, around 16km outside Rotorua, is one of New Zealand's most active geothermal areas. Although not as spectacular as the more famous Whakarewarewa Thermal Reserve in Rotorua itself (it doesn't have any geysers), it is probably just as interesting with its steaming lakes, boiling mudpools and sulphur fumeroles, and the English name seems particularly appropriate...!

mud pool by Lia

from the boiling mud pool at Wai-o-tapu, Rotorua, New Zealand

mud pool hells gate rotorua new zealand by Luz Mae

May 2009 Rotorua thermal area: a surreal place where geo thermal activity had turned this landscape into surroundings which seems out of this world.

Lake Taupo sunset by Chris (a.k.a. MoiVous)

As the caption says. A view from our room

Mud pools at Te Puia in Rotorua, New Zealand by Wesley Fryer

Armageddon by Moreels Photography

2012-12-09_Nadi-Fiji_KandK_051 by nepalkate

thoroughly relaxed

Volcán de barro - Námafjall (Islandia) - 02 by Banco de Imágenes Geológicas

Rotorua by Wisemancat

Fuente termal de barro - Námafjall (Islandia) - 09 by Banco de Imágenes Geológicas

Bubbling mud pool Heveragerdi by toughsl

Hverarönd mud pool by Richard Jones

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A hot, boiling mud pool at the Hverarönd geothermal zone east of Mývatn.

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Mud Spring (Mud Pool) (10 August 2011) 3 by James St. John

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20170820-132841LC by Luc Coekaerts

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Hot Springs by Silvia

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The geothermal area Krýsuvík is situated on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. It is in the south of Reykjanes in the middle of the fissure zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland diagonally from the south-west to the north-east of the island.

Krýsuvík is one of Iceland's high temperature areas. This becomes visible through the sulphur springs and hot springs at Seltún and another similar area nearby.

Fuente termal de barro - Námafjall (Islandia) - 02 by Banco de Imágenes Geológicas

2012-12-09_Nadi-Fiji_KandK_042 by nepalkate

going for it

by Rookuzz..

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mudpool

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Volcán de barro - Námafjall (Islandia) - 01 by Banco de Imágenes Geológicas

20170820-135232LC by Luc Coekaerts

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Fracture by fredrikholm.se

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Fracture from the May 29´th 6.3 earthquake

Mud Pool by Rich Road

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fumaroles-rb-9 by In Memoriam: Richard Baer

20170820-135515LC by Luc Coekaerts

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feet collection by anna.list

20170820-135226LC by Luc Coekaerts

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20170820-135848LC by Luc Coekaerts

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Wai-O-Tapu - Mud Pools by scrumpy 10

Fuente termal de barro - Seltún (Islandia) - 27 by Banco de Imágenes Geológicas

Rincón de la Vieja, boiling mud by Trans Costa Rica Tours

Hot Springs by Silvia

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The geothermal area Krýsuvík is situated on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. It is in the south of Reykjanes in the middle of the fissure zone on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge which traverses Iceland diagonally from the south-west to the north-east of the island.

Krýsuvík is one of Iceland's high temperature areas. This becomes visible through the sulphur springs and hot springs at Seltún and another similar area nearby.

20170820-132816LC-20170820-132910LC-3(3281)_0000 by Luc Coekaerts