Curiosity Drive 🚐 :mastodon: on Nostr: Kāwhia Museum has excellent geology displays incld. this “porcupine” ventifact ...

Kāwhia Museum has excellent geology displays incld. this “porcupine” ventifact (📷1). Ironsands mined at Taharoa are concentrated & pumped as slurry to cargo ships moored at a buoy 3km offshore for export; the buoy in the harbour is a spare (📷2). Te Puia Springs on Kāwhia’s Ocean Bch produce 45°C water 2h either side of low tide (📷3). An exploratory dig, before workers unionised & pit closed (📷4)!

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