The Pink and White Terraces, were natural wonders of New Zealand. They were reportedly the largest silica sinter deposits on Earth. Until recently, they were lost and thought destroyed in the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera, while new hydrothermal features formed to the south-west i.e. Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley.
The White Terraces by Charles Blomfield, 1884
A view of the Pink Terrace by Charles Bloomfield, 1887
The White Terraces, between 1880 and 1885
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
The 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera was a violent volcanic eruption that occurred in the early hours of 10 June 1886 at Mount Tarawera, near Rotorua on New Zealand's North Island. The eruption reached an estimated volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 and killed an estimated 120 people, making it the largest and deadliest in New Zealand during the past 500 years, a period that includes the entirety of European history in New Zealand.
Mount Tarawera in Eruption by Charles Blomfield
The Phantom Canoe: A Legend of Lake Tarawera, oil on canvas by Kennett Watkins
Te Wairoa, "The Buried Village"
Site of Waimangu Geyser in the newly-formed rift valley, around 1910