Residents in Aotearoa: A change at Muriwai...a followup to our New Year's Eve post.

Saturday, 7 January 2017

A change at Muriwai...a followup to our New Year's Eve post.

Last year I did a post about the blowhole at Muriwai.

http://fostersoe.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/why-you-dont-want-to-fall-down-blowhole.html

This picture was used in that post and was taken in April of 2015. As you can see, the blow hole is the only opening on that expanse of rock.

The second picture shows what has happened since then...

April 2015

12-31-16

A couple of sections of rock have caved in near the blowhole. When I took this picture at about 8 pm, New Year's Eve, the tide was all the way out and the surf was as light as I've ever seen it at Muriwai. So, no water was coming up through the blowhole at all. I am interested in seeing what the results of this cave-in will be when the tide is in and there is a strong surf. Will the blowhole spout less impressively because of the new opening, or will water come up through both? Stay tuned....you'll know soon after I do. -djf

5 comments:

Anonymous8 January 2017 at 04:11
I sure hope that the blow hole still works the same. It was so beautiful. I will be anxious to see what happens. McKenzie
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Doug Foster8 January 2017 at 10:30
Well, there is certainly enough water down below to power this larger blow hole system.
I agree with you. I'd like the show to continue.
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Kathie Luther8 January 2017 at 12:57
How fascinating!
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Dianne9 January 2017 at 17:12
Can't wait to see it!
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Doug Foster9 January 2017 at 17:28
It won't be long now...
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This is a picture of my deer hunting blind. I built in in 1975 and used it until about 2010. I'm publishing this picture and text on November 15 of 2022, the opening day of Michigan's rifle deer hunting season, to remember all the years I spent sitting there and occasionally harvesting a deer. I think that the meat I provided for my family was only a small portion of the benefit I received from hunting in this manner. Of greater value to me was the time I spent alone, watching the forest and its many components interact. I had time to unwind from the stresses of my work, to appreciate our world, and even sometimes to pray. That blind was a refuge to me. It was cozy, and comfortable and I spent much more time filming the activities of not only deer, but bears, racoons, turkeys, squirrels, hawks, and once, even a snowy owl, than I did harvesting deer. May I suggest to all of you that you try to find some time and a place, where you can be alone, and where you can ponder and appreciate your life and your place in the world. It does a body good. -djf