#Mt Ruapehu

[drhoz]

#2318 - Epilobium glabellum

From the Greek epi- ‘upon’ and lobos ‘a pod’ because the flowers appearing to be growing on the seed pod. glabellum means 'hairless'.

A willowherb endemic to alpine areas on North and South Island, and Auckland Island. More common on South Island, which has more mountains. The minute pappate seeds are wind-dispersed.

Mt Ruapehu, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand

[kesara]

Mt Ngāuruhoe [IMG_2390] by Kesara Rathnayake Via Flickr: Mt Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, Aotearoa New Zealand.

[scaramouches-wet-socks]

as someone who just had a 6.something earthquake (with a worse one expected to come), major flooding pre and post cyclone in the upper parts of the north island, cyclone gabrielle and is going up a active volcano soon (Mount Ruapehu) im feeling great

[gellalaer]

Mt Ruapehu. Tongariro National Park. New Zealand.

My photo

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[jontycrane]

Tongariro Northern Circuit and Around the Mountain - Blyth Hut to Whakapapa

The final couple of days of an epic six day hike around Tongariro National Park, an 87km loop covering the Great Walk Northern Circuit and the Around the Mountain Track. The hike from Blyth Hut to Whakapapaiti Hut was one of the longest I’ve ever done, starting at sunrise, and finishing a couple of hours after sunset. It was a clear if cold start at Rangipo Hut, as I left at sunrise for a long…

[onarangel]

Snow covered Mt Ruapehu an active volcano in New Zealand. Seen from the Northern Explorer train which runs between Wellington and Auckland,2018

Photo by denisbin on Flickr

[saurongorthaur9]

This month, I got to go on my dream trip, the adventure I'd longed to go on since I was a thirteen-year-old watching the LOTR movies for the first time. I got to spend two weeks in Aotearoa/New Zealand, home of Middle-earth, and visit many of the filming locations.

I spent one day at Tongariro National Park on Te Ika-a-Maui (North Island) and visit "Mordor" and "Mt Doom". I brought my little Sauron action figure along for the trip and felt he deserved to visit his Land of Darkness.

The snow-capped volcano in the background of the photo is Mt Ruapehu, which was where the Mt Doom scenes were filmed.

Ash nazg durbatuluk!

[wildfirekate]

Stunning day for a roadie!

Desert Road with Mt Ruapehu in the background 💚🤍💚

[gettinglostisnotawasteoftime]

Mt Ruapehu, New Zealand

[dragonflylady77]

Mt Ngauruhoe (cone) and Mt Ruapehu from National Park (NZ)

[drhoz]

#2313 - Atrichopsis australe

Another moss from halfway up the cone of Mount Ruapehu.

Some sources have it as australis, and previous names include Polytrichum australe, Psilopilum australe and Notoligotrichum australe.

Related to the previous moss, but beyond that I don't have much info. Mosses in the Polytrichaceae have lamellae which sit perpendicular to the leaf surface, giving the leaves a thicker fleshy appearance compared to most moss. Here's a female plant, from the other side of the ridge west of where I was, found and identified by reingered on iNaturalist. They got most of the bryophyte IDs for me on this trip.

Mount Ruapehu, North Island Volcanic Plateau, New Zealand

[kesara]

Snow [IMG_2369] by Kesara Rathnayake Via Flickr: Whakapapa Ski Area - Mt Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park, Aotearoa New Zealand.

[ellayeet87]

Tukino, Mt Ruapehu

[stumbleimg]

Ohakune Mt Ruapehu New Zealand [3024x4032] OC

[jontycrane]

Tongariro Northern Circuit and Around the Mountain - Rangipo Hut to Blyth Hut

The fourth day of an epic six day hike around Tongariro National Park, an 87km loop covering the Great Walk Northern Circuit and the Around the Mountain Track. It was a clear if cold start at Rangipo Hut, as I left at sunrise for a long day walking to Blyth Hut via Mangaehuehu Hut. The landscape was glowing with the light of a new day, while patches of snow remained from significant snowfall the…

[family2022]

27.02. Wandern im Tongariro Nationalpark (ältester Nationalpark Neuseeland). Drei Vulkanberge sind dort. Heute laufen wir in der Nähe des Mt. Ruapehu (2797m).