3 News: Underwater exploration to find 8th wonder of the world

An international team made up of scientists from GNS Science, Waikato University and the US are using submersible vehicles (UAVs) to explore Lake Rotomahana, with one of the aims being to find out what happened to the Pink and White Terraces.

The Terraces, described as the 8th wonder of the natural world, were submerged when Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886.

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“It looks like a torpedo but the only purpose of the submersible is scientific, patrolling the depths of Lake Rotomahana for remnants of what was said to be the eighth wonder of the world.

“”What we’re here to do is try and find out what happened to the Pink and White Terraces,” says GNS scientist Cornel de Ronde.”