Feature: Weather

  • A spectacular sunrise on a windy morning in the Tasman Valley heralds bad weather ahead
  • A long exposure of nor'west skies over Lake Benmore
  • A nor-westerly storm rolls in over rolling farmland in Central Otago
  • Aoraki-Mt Cook (3724m) towers above inversion cloud blanketing the Tasman Valley
  • A moody evening on Hahei Beach, with Maharangi Island (Goat Island) centre of frame
  • As cloud whips off the crags of The Remarkables the setting sun breaks the horizon and lights the mountainside in a blaze of fire.
  • Doesn’t matter if it’s rain or shine, Doubtful Sound / Patea is always a spectacular place to be.
  • After a day of grey, Lake Tekapo puts on an incredible show for the last few minutes before nightfall.
  • The incredible peaks of Stargazer (2352m) and Skyscraper (2347m), located on the northern flank of Mt Aspiring / Tititea
  • Eroded spires of rock and silt project into the fog at the Clay Cliffs, Omarama
  • Stirling Falls (151m), Milford Sound / Piopiotahi, illuminated by the rays of the setting sun
  • A nuclear sunrise over the Castle Hill Basin reflects in a tarn in the Craigieburn Range
  • A storm coinciding with sunset made for a surreal scene across the Canterbury Plains
  • A lenticular cloud hovers like a UFO above Lake Pukaki and the Southern Alps
  • A winter storm creates a light show across the Tasman Valley, Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park
  • Mt Sefton (3151m) and The Footstool (2764) partially veiled under early morning cloud
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