The Pink Terrace, Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand

A view from Lake Rotamahana towards the Pink Terrace (Te Otukapuarangi) formed by natural geothermal springs depositing silica-saturated water on the shore. An unidentified man is standing on the lower tier of the terrace by the shoreline, and nearby is a Maori man, paddle in hand, in a long canoe on the lake. The Pink Terrace was on the western shore of the lake. It, and the White Terrace, were destroyed in 1886 when Mount Tarawera erupted.

D. L. Mundy toured New Zealand photographing the landscape in 1869 and subsequently sold and published prints.

HMS Challenger (1858) visited Wellington, New Zealand between 28 June and 7 July 1874 during its scientific circumnavigation of the globe, although this photograph was taken by another photographer in New Zealand in 1869.

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ID:	ALB0175.84
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Mundy, Daniel Louis
Date made:	1869
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 145 mm x 188 mm
Parts:	Scientific discovery expedition of HMS Challenger (1858) 1872-76, album of Assistant Paymaster John Hynes (Photograph album) A large tabular iceberg in the South Atlantic (Photographic print) (ALB0175.26) A profile portrait photograph of King George of Tonga (Photographic print) (ALB0175.42) A portait photograph of Queen Charlotte of Tonga (Photographic print) (ALB0175.44) A portait photograph of an unknown Tongan man on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.45) A general view along a palm-fringed beach, Tongatabu (Photographic print) (ALB0175.46) A group photograph of four Tongan men and one woman on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.47) A portrait of a Fijian man in metal cuffs (Photographic print) (ALB0175.56) A Malay trader with his son Arron (Photographic print) (ALB0175.57) A general view of the settlement at Levuka, Fiji. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.58) A half-length photograph of a Kai Colo warrior, Fiji (Photographic print) (ALB0175.59) A seated Fijian woman in a short liku skirt. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.60) A group of Fijians on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.61) A broadside view of a Fijian double canoe under sail. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.65) The Pink Terrace, Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand (Photographic print) (ALB0175.84) A bread fruit tree in the middle of a village, Ki Doulan. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.87) Indigenous houses built on stilts over the water at Zamboanga, Mindanao (Photographic print) (ALB0175.98)

The Pink Terrace, Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand

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