Captain Cook – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Whakaari / White Island, New Zealand

By Mia McPherson|May 30th, 2012|Categories: Birds, New Zealand, Volcanoes, Whakaari / White Island|Tags: Australasian Gannets, bay, Bay of Plenty, bird photography, Birdlife International, Captain Cook, Crater Bay, eruptions, IBA, Important Bird Area, island, mining, Morus serrator, nature photography, New Zealand, Pōhutukawa, sulphur, water, Whakaari, White Island|

In January of 2008 I was onboard a cruise ship for a tour of New Zealand that included time spent viewing Whakaari / White Island which is an active andesite stratovolcano that rises 1,053 feet above the Bay of Plenty.