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The eruption started at 9.35pm, with big heaves inside the crater. At 10.03pm, it began pelting the walking track with projectiles, but withheld its final energy until 10.11pm when, with a whoomph, it sent the plume sky-high. A scalding current of steam and debris, coloured green by the hydrothermally altered rock it contained, rolled right over the walking track at 11 metres per second, and down to the south-eastern bays. This eruption took place on Whakaari on April 27, 2016. Three years later, at 2.11pm on December 9, 2019, there was another eruption—one that came with no warning. Keep reading...
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One year after the Whakaari eruption, what have we learned?The eruption started at 9.35pm, with big heaves inside the crater. At 10.03pm, it began pelting the walking track with projectiles, but withheld its final energy until 10.11pm when, with a whoomph, it sent the plume sky-high. |
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New Zealand Geographic—named Magazine of the Year five years in a row—has something for every member of the family. From inspiring stories of our living world to tales of our changing society, it is loved by readers young and old. |
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Visit Whakaari/White Island using the power of virtual realityIn May 2019, just months before the tragic eruption of Whakaari, a New Zealand Geographic crew visited the island and filmed the steaming crater using a VR camera attached to a giant drone, as well as fumeroles and the waters around the island. The VR footage—which you can view on a desktop computer or mobile device by panning around the video—has new relevance today: it's the only way to experience the island. |
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Visit the exhibitionThe 2020 Photographer of the Year exhibition is open at the New Zealand Maritime Museum on the corner of Quay and Hobson Streets. See all 40 finalists and admire the winners. |
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