roof and back wall of rikoriko cave's by quikflikchiq

Aorangi Island - New Zealand in the WWII, a japanese submarine tucked away inside the cave and stopped for two weeks whilst undergoing repairs.

Uploaded: Dec, 04 2006 | Taken: Dec, 02 2006| Viewed: 31 times  | 3 votes

quikflikchiq - Dec, 04 2006 08:12pm rikoriko means waning light in maori, or twilight. quikflikchiq - Dec, 04 2006 09:12pm there is plant life in the cave different from anywhere else. ferns hang from the ceiling that only receive light for photosynthesis from sunlight coming in the entrance quikflikchiq - Dec, 04 2006 09:12pm rear of the cave there is underwater cup coral that normally grows at depths of 200 metres. amount of light that reaches it, tricks it to thinking it is deeper, so it grows at about 15 metres quikflikchiq - Dec, 04 2006 09:12pm latest live performance was an electronic band called pitch black who performed during 2003 Sea Week. there were 10 boats inside the cave with over 100 people, in and under water quikflikchiq - Dec, 04 2006 09:12pm visibility is intense and lucid. normal conditions at the Poor Knights can give 15 and 25 metres, but inside rikoriko, often get 35-45 metres visibility