Feature: Mountain

  • Early morning starts at Lake Tasman may be cold but they are often beautiful for photography
  • Aoraki-Mt Cook (3724m) towers above inversion cloud blanketing the Tasman Valley
  • A stunning evening sky reflects in a tarn in the Lake Adelaide basin, Fiordland National Park
  • An alignment of rocks provides a great leading line to this winter scene at Lake Tekapo
  • In summer the lupin flowers blooming along the hydro canals of the Mackenzie Basin are a treat for the eye
  • The rising sun creates strong light contrasts on the Southern Alps
  • A UFO cloud (altocumulus lenticularis) hovers over Aoraki / Mt Cook
  • The foothill ranges between Mt Hutt and Mt Somers provide this great layering effect
  • The towering Mt Aspiring (3,033m), often referred to as New Zealand's Matterhorn
  • Avalanche Glacier, Mt Aspiring National Park, illuminated at day's first light
  • Sunrise lights up the Ben Ohau Range across Lake Pukaki
  • A super crisp winter's afternoon on the shore of Lake Heron
  • Blue hour at Lake Camp, Canterbury
  • A close-encounter with the blue ice of Brewster Glacier
  • First light greets the Southern Alps beyond Braemar Station
  • Lupin flowers line the Pukaki Canal in the Mackenzie Basin
  • The impressive view from the summit of Mt Hutt ski area (2,080m elevation).
  • Sunrise greets the foothills to the west of the Canterbury Plains
  • The Tasman River (left) and Hooker River (right) converge and flow towards Lake Pukaki
  • A chilly start to the day (-14 degrees C) on a back country road near Lake Tekapo
  • A nuclear sunrise over the Castle Hill Basin reflects in a tarn in the Craigieburn Range
  • Sunset on the craggy ridgeline above Lake Angelus, Nelson Lakes National Park
  • Doesn’t matter if it’s rain or shine, Doubtful Sound / Patea is always a spectacular place to be.
  • The spectacular Earnslaw Burn, located near Glenorchy and reached via a 5-6 hour hike
  • The Earnslaw Glacier hangs precariously below the twin peaks of Mt Earnslaw (2,830m)
  • Pipis (shellfish) in the waters of Milford Sound / Piopiotahi almost look like stars fallen from the sky
  • The last glow of the day illuminates the Cleddau Valley and Milford Sound in Fiordland National Park
  • Golden light illuminates Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe as the sun sets over the Tasman Sea
  • A frozen Lake Lyell in the headwaters of the Rakaia River
  • Soft morning light highlights the soft edges and curves of snow-covered ice in Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park
  • Gnarly trees in the Earnslaw Burn Valley, Mt Aspiring National Park
  • An aerial view of the Godley River has it descends from the Southern Alps towards Lake Tekapo
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