Feature: Lake
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A remnant of the last ice age, Lake Mapourika is located just to the north of Franz Josef. -
Located on the drive from Queenstown to Glenorchy, this view nearly always causes you to crash your car. -
This jetty at the Marakura Yacht Club, Lake Te Anau, looks out to the vast wilderness of Fiordland National Park. -
One of the most photographed lakes in the world (and for good reason!); Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada. -
After a day of grey, Lake Tekapo puts on an incredible show for the last few minutes before nightfall. -
A double rainbow and lupins in full bloom makes for a colourful scene at Lake Tekapo. -
Any icy start to the day at Lake Kirkpatrick, located in the hills behind Queenstown. -
In 1925 Lake Monowai was raised two metres to provide for a hydroelectric scheme; drowned trees remain on the water's edge to this day. -
Which way is up? A beautifully still and crisp winter's morning at Lake Matheson, Westland Tai Poutini National Park. -
When the Tasman Glacier (New Zealand's longest, at 25 km) calves ice into its terminal lake, a winter wonderland is the result. -
Lake Pukaki takes on this stunning turquoise colour due to the presence of rock flour, which is sourced from the grinding of glaciers against mountains in the headwaters of Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. -
The shores of Lake Monowai are littered with these drowned trees, victims of the hydro scheme constructed in the 1920's
