Thursday 22 September 2022 08:32 PM New Zealand peak that appeared in Lord of the Rings trilogy is captured in ... trends now
A New Zealand mountain which appeared as the fictional Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has been captured from 264 miles above the Earth in a stunning photograph taken aboard the International Space Station.
Mount Ruapehu was photographed from a rarely seen angle showing the tip of its 9,177' peak in its entirety, as well as the of the surrounding national park.
The image was captured more than 264 miles above Earth’s surface and shows the snow covered mountain and its crater lake at the top that appears like a small circle - the crater is actually 492 feet deep.
Mount Doom was a volcano where the One Ring was created and is the only place it can be destroyed and experts fear it will live up to its stage name as several warnings of a potential eruption have been issued this year.
The volcanic mountain has recently been shooting out carbon dioxide from the crater lake and could soon erupt that would be devastating to the area's population of more than 12,000 people.
The image was captured more than 264 miles above Earth’s surface and shows the snow covered mountain and its crater lake at the top that appears like a small circle - the crater is actually 492 feet deep
Mount Ruapehu, located in New Zealand's Tongariro National Park, stands 9,177 feet high and is the tallest mountain on North Island.
Close to the summit sits Crater Lake (Te Wai ā-moe), which is heated by a hydrothermal system within the volcano, and stays warm year-round, but temperatures will fluctuate when activity starts to brew within the volcano.
‘Because Crater Lake is the only geologically active part of the
