Ice cave on Ruapehu - Tangiwai disaster

A volcanologist’s photograph of the ice cave that melted on Mt Ruapehu, resulting in the lahar that caused the Tangiwai disaster.

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Archives New Zealand/Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga O Aotearoa
Railways Collection
Reference: AAVK W3493

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Ice cave on Ruapehu - Tangiwai disaster, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/ice-cave-ruapehu-tangiwai-disaster, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 8-Apr-2014

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