Sarah Evans, Rotorua Te Puia Steam (LANDSCAPE 2026)

Rain clouds mix with rising steam from the geyser in Te Puia - only half a kilometre of earth's crust separates us from the lava ready to spew into the air from beneath. Salt, sulfur and mineral crystals form the colours of solidified rocks in the foreground.

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