Why are the pink and white terraces the 8th wonder of the world?
Alot of things are actually considered the 8th wonder of the World. This happens to be one of the natural occurrences. New Zealand’s Pink and White Terraces, or Otukapuarangi (“fountain of the clouded sky”) and Te Tarata (“the tattooed rock”) in Māori, were considered a natural wonder until they were destroyed by a violent volcanic eruption in 1886. Geothermally heated water containing large amounts of siliceous sinter regularly spouted from two geysers located beside Lake Rotomahana and cascaded down a hill slope, leaving thick pink and white silica deposits that formed terraces enclosing pools of water.[2] The White Terraces were the larger and more beautiful formation, covering 3 hectares and descending 30 metres, while the Pink Terraces were where people went to bathe. The terraces, located on the edges of Lake Rotomahana near Rotorua, (which were considered to be one of the seven wonders of the natural world) were New Zealand’s most famous tourist attraction. They attracted touris
