(CNN)Ask a New Zealander what happened on June 10, 1886, and they'll tell you the planet lost its "eighth wonder." The Pink and White Terraces of Lake Rotomahana were the world's largest silica towers and the South Pacific's biggest 19th-century attraction until a massive eruption at Mount Tarawera that momentous day blasted these natural wonders into oblivion. Out of that same eruption, however, a new wonder of the world was born. Waimangu Geyser roared into existence hurling black mud and sand some 1,500 feet (460 meters) into the sky, making it the most powerful geyser the world has ever seen.
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Unlike the current commuter hub, New York's original Penn Station was a lavish Beaux Arts masterpiece
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Guaira Falls was once the most powerful cataract in the world
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The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages
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