An usual thing to see coming from the ground in Hoon Hay, Christchurch.
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Robbie watches a sand volcano smother his driveway.
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Debra points at the beginnings of a sand volcano not long after the big earthquake.
This one was really flowing out of the ground.
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Laura, Nicola, and Debra watch a sand volcano build in the Wyn Street gutter.
(I righted the bird bath after the initial earthquake. None of the after-shocks were sufficient to knock it over again.)
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These were scattered across the park.
And, yes, the newspaper always gets through! The Press newspapers were delivered in our area of Hoon Hay in the hours after the earthquake.
It would have been a glorious Spring day in Christchurch had it not been for the magnitude 7.1 earthquake at 4:30 am. All the water and silt you can see covering the street in this photo erupted from the ground following the earthquake.
One of the many sand volcanos erupting from the ground after the Christchurch earthquake.
The earthquake knocked over the bird bath.
Laura and Max return to Christchurch from their holiday in California and inspect the earthquake-caused sand volcano in their front lawn.
Lots of people were out and about in the streets checking on everyone after the earthquake. When it was clear that everyone was OK, the sand volcanos became the feature of interest.
Sand volcanoes put the silt all over the road.