I spent all but 3 of my school years growing up in Taupo between 1960 and 1969 inclusive. I remember the swarm of earthquakes in the mid-60's well; it lasted about 3 months. They occurred frequently every day. You felt them when at school and often woke me during the night. At that time I think it was not well understood exactly what kind of a volcanic system Taupo was but it's now obvious. The many geothermal systems in the region attest to large reservoirs of trapped superheated water in the rhyolites. Thanks for posting. Nice video. Like.

@roxonclulee922

3 жыл бұрын

are you alright man

@gandelve

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, my time in Taupo schools was 1960-66. I recall that the eaarthquake swarm was thought due to ground subsidence, as water was taken out for the Wairakei geothermal power plant. Later water was pumped back in to revive the flagging geysers. I'm editing the memoirs of my dad and mum now.

@JP-cy1lw

11 ай бұрын

If that had happened today you would probably be treated for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder 😊

@malectric

11 ай бұрын

@@JP-cy1lw Nah. I visit my aged mother there regularly and swarms still occur from time to time. The last lot was earlier this year IRC. I happen to like earthquakes and volcanoes.

@billwhite9703

Ай бұрын

@@roxonclulee922 No, I'm old and f#cked.

Excellent Sally, I did my commercial helicopter license at Taupo airport and was impressed by how much hot steam activity was visible extending to Rotorua. You should do more of these. Nick Zedner does good stuff on the Northwest cascades. NZ has as much interesting material to work on.Keep it up.

@stihlnz

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry, subscribed and you've all been very busy. Superb.

Well done, Taupo is indeed like most active volcanoes, quite restless. Once she erupts, she doesn't do small or moderate, she goes hell for leather. All eruptions sofar have epic, the latest around 180 AD. I used to live in Auckland, Hawera and Te Puke in the '70s, it has induced a lasting awe for volcanoes in me.

Really Informative video, good work :)

It’s so weird seeing Taupo 7 years ago when I lived there and I was 5 compared to now and now I’m 12

Great stuff guys, thanks and keep it going.

thank you for sharing ..

You realise just how much water is in that amazing lake when you go out on it for a tour. It’s like the open ocean. You don’t expect such big waves on a lake small enough to see the other side. Wonderful people in Taupo, and the snow covered peaks in the Tongariro National Park on the far side look amazing.

Thanks for another great upload and particular thanks for not filming it in vertical mode otherwise I would have downvoted and not watched.

Q: Not being from a volcanic area my question is; is there a change in wildlife behavior during a period of unrest?

@jenniferbeyer6412

4 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@seandonoghue2347

4 жыл бұрын

good question. I live in Wellington NZ. I have noticed that the birds go quiet. Interestingly, but maybe not connected who knows, But the wind here seems to die down also before an earthquake.

@shaunseymour1595

3 жыл бұрын

One of the few vents of the lake are Mt Ruapehu, which together with 2 other mountains are saving lots of lives. Without them, it would probably have erupted already. Mt Ruapehu has been erupting quite a lot lately suggesting that something is going on in the lake. Also, birds tend to go quiet or begin flying away from vibrations from the volcanic activity (I believe)

@danielread7642

3 жыл бұрын

@@hudsonquay really Dean before an earthquake the birds go quite cats start running around like lunatics dogs start howling cattle start bellowing etc theres truth in it . As far as the unrest at Taupo it's true theres earthquakes geothermal areas are hotter parts of the lake are boiling etc

@Cheezcurdz-xx4rf

3 жыл бұрын

yes usually animals will act strange and birds before an eruption do fly away from the point of eruption.

And in 2021 it's been confirmed that the quakes in 2019 were volcanic in nature. But, at the time it was assumed they were tectonic. This meant that an episode of unrest went by without a volcanic alert level change or bulletin issued. Though I would have thought the ground deformation they detected in 2019 would have triggered such things. It begs the question of whether or not GNS will be able to issue an eruption warning, if they need two years to determine whether quakes are tectonic or volcanic.

@purplebean8989

2 жыл бұрын

Ruapehu and white Island tremors can be felt from Taupo which also causes issues. As well as Taupo being over tectonic plates. As well as the fact the crater is filled KM deep with water. Thankfully that water starting to get too hot would be a good indicator- but also a bigger hazard

@GeoffBlackmore

2 жыл бұрын

@@purplebean8989 I don't think that's correct on any count. White Island and Ruapehu are independent of Taupo and have no effect on it. They do however all exist within the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The lake is 360 metres deep at its deepest point, not kilometres. And of course all of the Earth's surface, ocean and land, is on tectonic plates, not just Taupo.

Being a "super" volcano one has to wonder exactly how catastrophic a full blown eruption would be ? Apparently it has popped before

@davel4708

4 жыл бұрын

Taupo is capable of creating a disaster on a global scale. A large scale eruption similar to what has occurred in the past could alter the global climate for many years. The possible devastation of the North Island of New Zealand does not bear thinking about. Yeah, so it’s a big deal.

@shaunseymour1595

3 жыл бұрын

One of the most recent eruptions threw ash over much of the earth, even being noted by some Chinese and Roman authors themselves, stating every morning the sky was bleached a red color.

When Tongariro National park goes up Auckland wii probably follow suit then its good night nurse

Lake Taupo is such a beautiful place 👍🇳🇿

my guess is just keep an eye on the ducks. if all ducks on the lake are snoozing things are fine. its when ducks start scrambling out of the water you should be concerned...

What are the odds of it erupting each year?

The volcanoes that cry wolf

Are these past eruptions visible at any location thorough out Taupo or the Napier-Taupo road???

@angeloparis7963

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, but you have to clear the gorse and marijuana to expose them

@jamessuhr9667

3 жыл бұрын

If you are within about 150 of toupo when it blows. You won't survive. Pyroclastic flows cover most of the North Island.

@jackpotbear4559

3 жыл бұрын

She'll be right

@himbo754

3 жыл бұрын

The deposits from the past eruptions, especially the last big one 1800 years ago, can be seen all over the area. Pretty much everywhere within an 80 kilometre radius of Taupo was covered with layers of ash 1800 years ago. You can just look at the landscape and see how it was all smoothed out by the ashfalls. The eruption 1800 years ago was massive, although the one around 26,500 years ago was even greater: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taupo_Volcano

@danielread7642

3 жыл бұрын

@@himbo754 it was more than 80kms the cash fall I grew up in Norsewood down in the river bed at our place theres Ash from the Taupo eruption the last one we live 300 - 500kms away

Sounds like the only safe way to live in NZ is to live in a tent in the middle of a field in the South Island.

Closer information please

Strangely not mentioned in this vid is something I will add for non-NZers; That lake she keeps showing is actually the mouth of the Taupo Volcano, now filled with water. I hate to think what all that water falling into a new eruption and turned to steam would do, but I know it would be really bad. I live in Auckland, have been to Taupo many times, have even climbed Tauhara, which was awesome, but I'm always glad to get back to Auckland where I feel safer amid our 53 or so smaller and safer basaltic volcanoes.

@thesilentone4024

3 жыл бұрын

Ya all that water would make the explode big but they got a gas pump in the middle to get rid of that gas if not this thing would have gone off by now with a couple toxic steam clouds full of gas

@danielread7642

2 жыл бұрын

@@thesilentone4024 I don't think so that island in the middle is sacared cheifes are buried there

Taupo = toe - paw

@Rooxie973

3 жыл бұрын

here in aotearoa we call her taupō-nui-a-tia, or taupō for short

You can ad 2022

Here we go boooiiiiissss

I've been there on Holliday lukkaly it didn't erupt ps I'm Aussie

@jamessuhr9667

3 жыл бұрын

We forgive you.! I live near you the Taranaki Volcano.

I bet Jono and Ben will be out there in another bouncy castle. Using Guy Williams as a power source.

thats ok.....all those tourist n holiday makers need to be expelled from that land anyway so lets hope it happens soon.

WE DO NOT NEED THIS LALA LALA LALA LALA LALA LALA LALA LALA ..Just sayin ☺

Umm, move the town?

awesome

Do not forget Long Valley in California near Los Angeles.

@pyromaniac354

4 жыл бұрын

California is a lost cause now so meh,doesn't matter

What is it that causes the magma to force up and create one of these episodes? Is it due to a influx of new magma that rises to cause one of these episodes then settles back into the body of the magma chamber. Or is it due to the rifting that occurs in the TVZ giving the magma an opportunity to rise. Or something else entirely? :)

How many eruptions were there for this supervolcano? Yellowstone had like two or three major eruptions.

@GNSscience

8 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Fileger There have been dozens of eruptions over the 300 000 years that Taupo Volcano has been active. Many of them relatively small , but some of them enormous. www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Learning/Science-Topics/Volcanoes/New-Zealand-Volcanoes/Taupo-Volcano

@xxmoon_shadexx9376

6 жыл бұрын

+Andrew Fileger Some of these were enormous, and two eruptions about 1.25 and 1.0 million years ago were big enough to generate an ignimbrite sheet that covered the north island from Auckland to Napier. While taupo has been active for 300,000 years, explosive eruptions became more common 65,000 years ago.

@Battleship009

4 жыл бұрын

@@GNSscience Flood Basalt Eruptions are larger.

@peterslegers6121

3 жыл бұрын

Yellowstone had "a bit" more than just a few... Nick Zentner talks about it in this entertaining lecture: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJemx7aNeZy4ldo.html

I have seen some reports stating that Taupo is heating up so magma must be coming to the surface Taupo is the second biggest Caldera in the world when it goes good by the North Island

@davidboyd8113

4 жыл бұрын

Woodlice worm That is true we have all been wrong more than once but we only need to be right once and what a fireworks display it would be

@shaunseymour1595

3 жыл бұрын

Mt Ruapehu, one of the vents for Lake Taupo has been erupting recently.

Every nine years