Mount Doom Most fans of the Lord of The Rings are aware that New Zealand provided the backdrop for t
Mount DoomMost fans of the Lord of The Rings are aware that New Zealand provided the backdrop for the stunning scenes in the movies, including shots of the ominous Mount Doom. While the various jagged rock formations and eerily beautiful landscapes of Tongariro National Park were used for many visual elements of Mordor, it was largely Mount Ngauruhoe that was used for the daunting scenes of Mount Doom itself.The landmass of Tongariro was formed by the eruptions of at least six different cones as far back as 275,000 years ago. Mt Ngauruhoe, which was formed around 2,550 years ago, is the youngest and largest (2291m high) of all the volcanoes in Tongariro complex. The fact that it’s a stratovolcano (composite cone volcano) and it’s relative youth explains it’s steep slopes of layered ash and loose scree. Historically, the volcano is quite active, and more than 60 eruptions have been recorded since records began in 1839, the most recent in 1975 when the plume reached 13km over the summit and ash eruptions threw lava blocks up to 3km away. Since then, it has remained relatively quiet, allowing many a LOTR fan, and of course fans of the natural environment, to get up close to the volcano on this part of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing.-GGSource: http://bit.ly/1Q5QlDLhttp://bit.ly/1MAIfvZImage: http://bit.ly/20v4Apk -- source link
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