2009-12-21

        毛利人称之为怀欧塔普——“圣水”之地。它坐落在罗托鲁瓦“第二个湖”(Rotorua)附近的环太平洋地震带上，大自然用上千年光阴，将这片火山之城雕琢成原始森林、沃土山峦、峡谷瀑布、湖泊泥浆、热泉喷气与硫磺眼的奇观。未经调和的地色，毫不保留地铺展出斑斓的天然图画。

        怀欧塔普与美国黄石公园酷似孪生姐妹，按火山活动分为间歇泉区、热台阶区、峡谷区与湖区。清澈的泉水与神秘的雾气之下，不同氧化物将浮石染得姹紫嫣红：氧化镁呈紫色，如落英洒地；氧化亚铁呈红棕，近看桃红樱粉，远观云蒸霞蔚；硫磺明黄高调，张扬得肆意——“黄泥涌出某一种气力，形成大地就要闯荡”；硫磺砷与锑呈橙色，令人想起秋日的丰饶。

        诺克斯“圆山”夫人间歇泉(Lady Knox Geyser)是怀欧塔普最大的断续喷泉。与黄石老实泉(Old Faithful)的“厚道”不同，它没有地质钟可循。为方便游客观赏，每日上午10点15分，园方往喷气孔投掷肥皂类表面活性剂，人工诱导地热沸腾——压强骤增，蒸汽推动滚烫泉水呼啸而出，直冲云天20米/656英尺，持续长达一小时。

        香槟池(Champagne Pool)如春日怒放的花朵，是怀欧塔普的极致。鸟巢(Bird's Nest)恍若黑白素描，硫磺眼的雾气冉冉升起，将轮廓投映在明矾壁上。艺术家调色盘(Artist's Palette)形如金色日晕，以几何透视融入茫茫云海。新娘面纱瀑布(Bridal Veil Falls)瀑布挥洒绿意，打破岩石的沉静，扭动的线条赋予石阶灵气。魔鬼之家(Devil's Home)如泥潭涂抹灰白，云朵在暗雾中盘旋。魔鬼砚台(Devil's Ink Pots)墨膏稠腻，线条粗犷，情绪饱满而强烈。 牡蛎池(Oyster Pool)色彩奇异，在滴翠池畔变幻万千。雷霆坑(Thunder Crater)“石如香炉，内有云气，如烟如雨”。绿酸湖(Lake Ngakoro)的碧波深入远方，把激昂慷慨留给人间；其瀑布“岩石奇怪，极具天巧，有瀑布倒流百余丈”。 橘色藻属(Trentepohlia)真菌泼辣，嗜酸如命，有硫磺处便有它立足；绿藻悄然随水草东游西逛，为小溪添几分欢乐与诗情。白头长脚鹬(Pied Stilt)以沉着的目光环顾四周，是我们唯一用镜头捕捉的动物。

        怀欧塔普，是大自然的天工。

Artist's Palette, a Collection of Colorful Hot Springs w/ Various Mineral Deposits

(画家调色板·集色彩缤纷和各种矿藏之大成的温泉 12-21-2009)

Lady Know Geyser Set off & Catalyzed by a Block of Soap

(诺克斯间歇泉·由肥皂催化引爆 12-21-2009)

Lady Knox Geyser Erupted Daily @ 10:15 AM 

(诺克斯夫人间歇泉·每天上午10:15喷发)

Tree Line @ Waiotapu (怀奥塔普·森林界线)

Te Araroa or the Long Pathway

(蒂阿拉罗阿“漫漫长路”步道 12-21-2009)

Frying Pan Lake from Waimangu Volcanic Valley

(从怀芒古“黑水”火山谷眺望煎锅湖 12-21-2009)

Whangioterangi or the Sound of the Sky

(旺吉奥特兰吉“天空之声” 12-21-2009)

 Boardwalk Crossing the Terrace

(穿过露台的浮桥 12-21-2009)

Champagne Pool Formed by a Hydrothermal Eruption about 900 Years Ago, Displaying Colorful Mineral Deposits Like Orange (from Antimony) & Green (from Colloidal Sulfur)

(香槟池·由约900年前的热液喷发形成，呈现出色彩斑斓的矿藏，如锑的橙色和胶体硫的绿色)

Champagne Pool w/ Surface Temp @ 73^oC/163^oF to 75^oC/167^oF

(香槟池·水面温度73^oC/163^oF—75^oC/167^oF)

Champagne Pool w/ the  Outrageous Color

(色彩绚丽的香槟池 12-21-2009)

Champagne Pool, the Terrestrial Hot Spring w/ a Natural Outflow of Geothermally Heated Water at the Earth's Surface

(香槟池·地热水在地球表面自然流出的陆地温泉)

Ginger Beer, Enjoying the Moment

(姜汁啤酒·对酒当歌 12-21-2009)

Bird's Nest, a Geothermal Collapsed Crater Favored by Various Birds, Nesting in Holes within Its Walls & Using the Heat from below to Incubate Their Eggs 

(鸟巢·各种鸟类最爱的地热塌陷火山口，鸟在火山口壁上的洞里筑巢并利用下方的热量孵蛋)

Bridal Veil Falls (新娘面纱瀑布 12-21-2009)

Boiling Mud Pools (沸腾的泥浆池)

Devil's Ink Pots (恶魔砚台 12-21-2009)

Hell's Gate to Boiling Mud Hole (通往沸腾泥坑的地狱之门)

Oyster Pool, Sulfur & Ferrous Salts within the Geothermally Heated Water

(牡蛎池·地热水中含有硫和亚铁盐)

Soda Lakes & Streams (苏打湖与溪流 12-21-2009)

Thunder Crater，the Inferno Cave (雷霆坑·地狱洞穴)

Lake Ngakoro, Colouring the Lake Green w/ Arsenic Minerals 

(恩加科罗“祖父”湖·湖水因砷矿物而呈现绿色 12-21-2009)

Lake Ngakoro Fall (恩加科罗湖瀑布)

Pied Stilt (白头长脚鹬)

Trentepohlia (橘色藻属真菌)

Green Algae (绿藻)

Primrose Sinter Terrace w/ Dry Travertine

(报春花石灰烧结露台·干石灰华 12-21-2009)

Primrose Sinter Terrace the Largest Set of Sinter Terraces in the Country, Formed by the Overflow of Silica-Rich Water from the Nearby Champagne Pool

(报春花石灰烧结露台·全国最大的石灰烧结露台，由附近富含二氧化硅的香槟池水溢出而成 12-21-2009)

Alum Cliffs w/ Unique Geothermal Features Like a Pale Green Hot Spring Lakelet & Alum Deposits within Its Walls 

(明矾悬崖·淡绿色的温泉湖和湖壁内的明矾沉积物 12-21-2009)

Roto Kārikitea, the Devil's Bath, Fed by Runoff from Champagne Pool w/ a Distinctive, Neon Green Pool of Stagnant Water

(魔鬼浴池·由香槟池径流组成独特的荧光绿色死水池 12-21-2009)

Jean Batten Geyser Named after New Zealand Pioneering Aviator

(新西兰先锋飞行员吉恩·巴滕“神慈·帆骨”喷泉 12-21-2009)

Volcanic Valley (火山谷 12-21-2009)

Yellow-Sulphur (黄色硫磺)

Mineral Colors w/ Green-Colloidal Sulphur Ferrous Salts, Orange-Antimony, Purple-Manganese Oxide, White-Silica, Yellow-Sulphur

 (矿物颜色·绿—胶态硫亚铁盐，橙—锑，紫—氧化镁，白—硅胶，黄—硫 12-21-2009)

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