Feature: Weather

  • 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 spectacular sunrise on a windy morning in the Tasman Valley heralds bad weather ahead
  • A lenticular cloud hovers like a UFO above Lake Pukaki and the Southern Alps
  • Sun lit mist after a period of rain heavy rain on State Highway 94, Fiordland National Park
  • A gloomy Hollyford Valley captured between rain showers
  • Inversion cloud in Nelson Lakes National Park captured in a 25-second long exposure
  • Nor'wester storms can quickly transform Canterbury's alpine lakes, including Lake Pukaki, from placid calmness to raging surf
  • A rainbow forms as the morning sun lights up Aoraki-Mt Cook National Park
  • North-westerly conditions can often produce fiery sunsets over the eastern past of the South Island
  • Mueller Lake, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park, with moonlight starting to take over from sunlight
  • A warm westerly morning brings surf-like conditions to Lake Wanaka
  • A moody evening on Hahei Beach, with Maharangi Island (Goat Island) centre of frame
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