Category: Daniel’s Faves
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A nuclear sunrise over the Castle Hill Basin reflects in a tarn in the Craigieburn Range
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A storm coinciding with sunset made for a surreal scene across the Canterbury Plains
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The seemingly never-ending ranges of Kahurangi National Park, viewed from a peak 1,805m high in Nelson Lakes National Park
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Nor'wester storms can quickly transform Canterbury's alpine lakes, including Lake Pukaki, from placid calmness to raging surf
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Golden light illuminates Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe as the sun sets over the Tasman Sea
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Early morning starts at Lake Tasman may be cold but they are often beautiful for photography
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Aoraki-Mt Cook (3724m) towers above inversion cloud blanketing the Tasman Valley
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When the hoar frost descends on the Mackenzie Country it can be so intense that it looks like snow!
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After getting up incredibly early on a summer morning and initially being disappointed with the light and wishing I had stayed in bed, the arrival of the sun lighting up the horizon across Lake Te Anau turned out to be some of the most surreal conditions I've yet experienced!
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The interplay of light and shadow make for a partly abstract take on a classic Mackenzie Basin scene
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When the Tasman Glacier (New Zealand's longest, at 25 km) calves ice into its terminal lake, a winter wonderland is the result.
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State Highway 80 takes you to Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park, which is home to 22 mountains reaching over 3,000m above sea level.
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After a day of grey, Lake Tekapo puts on an incredible show for the last few minutes before nightfall.
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The walk between Stony Bay and Fletchers Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula is one of New Zealand's must-do activities.