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Kuirau Park Rotorua


Kuirau Park Rotorua
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Copyright: bob cat (bobcat08) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 364 W: 19 N: 345] (1377)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-02-27
Camera: Canon G5
Exposure: f/4, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-13 9:09
Viewed: 869
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Dutch]
In the city of Rotorua is a park named: Kuirau Park.There's a story about Kuirau and the Taniwha. That's is a Maori Legend of Kuira Park.
According to ancient Maori Legend Kuirau Lake use to be called Tawakahu Lake and was cool enough to bath in.
A beautiful young lady would swim in this lake. here name was Kuirau and her husband said that it belonged to her. But there was a big old Taniwha who lived in the same lake. The Taniwha would watch the girl swim until he could not bear it any longer. So one morning the Taniwha rose up and seized Kuirau. Maori folklore tells us that she either died of fright because she was so terrified or she was taken back to the Taniwha's lain. But whatever happened, the gods were so angry that they made the lake boil to get rid of the Taniwha.
From that day on the lake was called Kuirau Lake in meory of the beautiful lady who used to swim in its waters.

So you can see that some trees are dead incase the acid ore maybe the heat. When you looking good, you can see the water a little bit boiling (in front of the photo near by that orange spot)
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Uma bela e rica paisagem de qualidade exelente meus parabéns por esta preciosa imagem.
Nilson

Hello Bob,
An amazing place!
Come to think of it, it is rare to see nature actually killing itself...
Interesting details have been captured, scenery is well framed and the colours show nicely!
Greetings,
Pablo -

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