1/53A video grab taken by tourist Allessandro Kauffmann of New Zealand’s White Island Volcano eruption. Source: Instragram
NZ White Island volcano tragedy: Pictures
New Zealand’s White Island volcano eruption sent a plume of steam and ash an estimated 3,660 metres into the air blanketing everything in ash leaving a scene that one paramedic described as “like the Chernobyl nuclear disaster”.
2/53White Island seen from the back of a boat. Source: @gnsscience
3/53White Island Tour operators rescuing people minutes after the eruption, Picture: Michael Schade
4/53A photo of the eruption approximately two minutes after the initial blast. Picture: Michael Schade/Twitter
5/53Tourists on a boat photograph the eruption. Picture: Michael Schade/Twitter
6/53An aerial view of White Island after the volcanic eruption in the Bay of Plenty. Picture: NZ Herald/George Novak
7/53A person covered in ash arrives at Whakatane Airfield. White Island Island volcanic explosion. Photo / Alan Gibson
8/53A video grab from tourist Michael Schade who left White Island 20 minutes before the eruption. Picture: Michael Schade
9/53White Island Tour operators were the first responders to rescue people after the eruption. Picture: Michael Schade
10/53A destroyed chopper is dwarfed by the crater walls. Picture: Michael Schade
11/53Injured people are ferried into waiting ambulances at Whakatane Wharf . Picture: NZ Herald/ Katee Shanls
12/53One of the injured is loaded into a rescue chopper at Whakatane Airport. Picture: NZ Herald/Alan Gibson
13/53Injured people are treated at Whakatane Wharf before being taken by ambulances to hospital. Picture: Reuters
14/53An aerial image taken from the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
15/53Rescuers arrive on White Island after the volcano eruption on 9 December, Picture: Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
16/53An iImage taken from the Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
17/53A helicopter destroyed by the White Island volcano and the landing platform it was origianlly sitting on. Picture: Instagram
18/53NEWS360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT NO NEWS.COM, NO SKY, NO WEST AUS, NO AUS Crew of the Ovation of the Seas watch on as Ngtai Te Rangi Iwi during the Karakia Whakatau Mauri (blessing/ A vigil of calm reflection) at the Tauranga Port , for the passengers on the cruise ship The Ovation of the Seas, a day after the eruption of White Island, of the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand. 10 December 2019 Photo: Brett Phibbs / NewsCorp
19/53Flowers left at the Tauranga Port fence for the passengers on cruise ship Ovation of the Seas a day after the eruption of White Island. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
20/53A picture taken form the Auckland Rescue Helicopter during a rescue mission to retrieve people injured in the volcanic explosion Picture: Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
21/53A scene after the eruption. Picture: Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
22/53A view of Whakatane on December 10, 2019. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
23/53People are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
24/53People are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
25/53A view of White Island on December 10, 2019 taken from Whakatane. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
26/53People are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
27/53People are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
28/53A woman leaves a bouquet of flowers at the Police cordon near the Whakatane Wharf a day after the eruption. Picture:: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
29/53White Island Tours staff are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
30/53A concerned local watches on at the Police cordon near the Whakatane Wharf. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
31/53People are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
32/53People are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
33/53People are seen grieving and comforting one another on the Whakatane Wharf on December 10. Picture: Phil Walter/Getty
34/53NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern embraces a staff member of the cruise ship company Royal Caribbean Internationale outside the Whakatane Fire Station a day after the eruption. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
35/53People lay flowers at the gate to Whakatane Wharf as preparations are made to attempt a resuce of the remaining people on White Island a day after the volcanic eruption. Picture: NZ Herald/Stephen Parker
36/53A man waits at the gate to Whakatane Wharf. Picture: NZ Herald/Stephen Parker
37/53Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets first responders who dealt with survivors of the White Island volcano eruption. Picture: NZ Herald
38/53Family, friends and colleagues of White Island Tours gather on the waterfront in Whakatane to offer support. Picture: NZ Herald/Alan Gibson
39/53People lay flowers at the gate to Whakatane Wharf. Picture: NZ Herald/Stephen Parker
40/53White Island Tours chairman Paul Quinn speaks to media. Picture: TNVZ
41/53People wait at the gate to Whakatane Wharf as preparations are made to attempt a resuce of the remaining people on White Island a day after the eruption. NZ Herald/Stephen Parker
42/53A woman leaves a flower in the fence at the Police cordon near the Whakatane Wharf. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
43/53Crew from Ovation of the Seas meet Hongi Ngtai Te Rangi Iwi of the Karakia Whakatau Mauri during a vigil of calm reflection at the Tauranga Port on December 10., for the passengers on the cruise ship The Ovation of the Seas, a day after the eruption of White Island, of the coast of Whakatan. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
44/53NEWS360 PREMIUM LOCKED CONTENT NO NEWS.COM, NO SKY, NO WEST AUS, NO AUS Flowers left at the Tauranga Port fence, for the passengers on the cruise ship The Ovation of the Seas, a day after the eruption of White Island, of the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand. 10 December 2019 Photo: Brett Phibbs / NewsCorp
45/53Ngtai Te Rangi Iwi during the Karakia Whakatau Mauri blessing and vigil of calm reflection. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
46/53Passengers and crew and Ngati Te Rangi Iwi during a moment of silence for the dead. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
47/53Senior crew during a moment of silence for the dead. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
48/53A passenger during the Karakia Whakatau Mauri blessing. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
49/53Ovation of the Seas crew meet the Karakia Whakatau Mauri at a traditional hongi. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
50/53Passengers and crew and Ngati Te Rangi Iwi observe a moment of silence for the dead. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
51/53Ngtai Te Rangi Iwi during the Karakia Whakatau Mauri blessing and vigil at the Tauranga Port, Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
52/53Ngtai Te Rangi Iwi during the Karakia Whakatau Mauri blessing and vigil at the Tauranga Port. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp
53/53Passengers watch from Ovation of the Seas as Ngtai Te Rangi Iwi perform the Karakia Whakatau Mauri blessing. Picture: Brett Phibbs/NewsCorp