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A narrow cleft in the rock at the tip of the headland creates some dramatic and confused wave action, especially during periods of rough weather. Today was relatively calm.
01:04:04 on the Hell-Fire 10K, even faster than the ROR 10K
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Hells Gate Geothermal Park is set in 50 acres with a large variety of thermal features. Walk past steaming fumeroles and hot pools of boiling MUD so violent they are unnerving. Follow the footsteps of ancient Maori Warriors through the swirling clouds of steam, past the hot pool where the Maori Princess “Hurutini” lost her life, see the violent geothermal activity of the Inferno and the Kakahi Falls, the largest hot waterfall in the Southern Hemisphere. Here, warriors would bathe in the sulphurous waters to heal their wounds after battle and remove the “tapu” (sacredness) of war
A view of the Bumpass Hell geothermal area from the trail leading down to it. This is the most well known of the park's geothermal features. In fact, it is the largest geothermal area in the US outside of Yellowstone.
It is named after Kendall Vanhook Bumpass, an explorer who lived in the area in the 1860's. One day, he was showing some people the area when his leg fell through the muddy crust covering a mud pot, severely burning his leg. The hell part of the name should be obvious.
01:04:04 on the Hell-Fire 10K, even faster than the ROR 10K
Blog covering this story ... peterjemmett.blogspot.com/2019/10/heart-attack-to-10k-par...
Hell station, Manchester, UK
Turn Shell stations into 'hell' stations to highlight the damage Shell is doing in the Niger Delta.
blog.protectthehuman.com/mapping-hell-stations
Photo submitted by Sam