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Kiwi City of Steam

  • February 18, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Built by the New Zealand government as a tourist spa town in the 1880s, the city of Rotorua is known for its mud pools, hot springs, geysers, and rotten-egg smell. The country’s largest geyser, Pohutu, erupts many times daily. From 2000-01, it vented hot water for 250 days straight! (Pichugin Dmitry / Shutterstock)

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