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Blue Lagoon, Iceland The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa is one of the most visited attractions in Iceland. The steamy waters are part of a lava formation. The spa is located in a lava field in Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula, southwestern I...

By Peter Prokosch

Swimming in Front of the Remains of former Whaling Station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Tourist ships regularly visit Whalers Bay/Deception Island, where tourists can study the remains and history of Antarctic whaling. The station of the Norwegian Hektor Company was active here 1911-1931. Today tourists at...

By Peter Prokosch

Geyser at Geysir, Iceland Geysers are named after this site, Geysir, a famous tourism attraction in Iceland. They are a type of hot spring and occur only under specific conditions where water boiling deep down in a series of tubes in the ground c...

By Peter Prokosch

Rotorua, New Zealand The geysers around the Rotorua area have value for potential scientific study, as tourist attractions and as energy sources. Of the 5 major geyser fields existing here 110 years ago, only 1 remains, at Rotorua, a resul...

By Yannick Beaudoin

New Zealand gannets (Morus Serrator) The New Zealand Gannet is born from a single egg and takes to the air in it's fourth month of life, returning several years later to breed. It has been discovered that the young birds travel an astonishing 2,740km in thi...

By Yannick Beaudoin

New Zealand cliffs The dramatic cliffs and beaches of New Zealand are home to the Gannet, a bird which captures it's prey by diving from great height into the ocean and persuing the fish underwater. New Zealand is highly geologically acti...

By Yannick Beaudoin

Beach with black sand, New Zealand New Zealand is peppered with safe and active volcanic areas, snowy alps, glaciers and prehistoric forests. There are many beaches on the West coast with black (volcanic) sand, indicating a heavy concentration of iron.

By Yannick Beaudoin

New Zealand rock formations New Zealand is a geologically active country defined by volcanism and associated geothermalism. The characteristic coastline here is shaped both by erosion and by tectonic processes linked to its proximity to two plate ...

By Yannick Beaudoin

By Yannick Beaudoin

New Zealand coastline New Zealand's oldest rocks are over 500 million years old. Some 15,000km of coastline is made up of white sandy beaches on the East side of the North Island, and dramatic black sandy beaches on the West coast.

By Yannick Beaudoin

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