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New Zealand’s Southern Alps
Read more: New Zealand’s Southern AlpsNot sure if people picture a pretty decent mountain range when they think about New Zealand. The “Southern Alps” extend roughly 500 km on the south island from northeast to southwest. The highest mountain is called “Aoraki / Mount Cook” (3’724 m) – in the picture above shown on the left. In the back the…
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New Zealand’s Coasts – from red to rough
Read more: New Zealand’s Coasts – from red to roughToday I’d like to feature a few of the coast lines of the southern island of New Zealand. As you will see these are structures & shapes at its best! Let’s start in Kaiteriteri: beautiful red sand, white rocks, greeen trees … , yes, and blue sky. What else?
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Nature as Painter – Color Festival at Wai-O-Tapu
Read more: Nature as Painter – Color Festival at Wai-O-TapuThe active geothermal area “Wai-O-Tapu” close to Rotorua, New Zealand, fascinates with its colorful springs, lakes and craters. The Champagne Pool is a hot spring that really bubbles like champagne (caused in this case by carbon dioxide*). Many minerals particularly antimony lead to the red ring around the spring*.
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New Zealand’s Volcanos
Read more: New Zealand’s VolcanosNo, it’s not Mount Fuji from Japan. It’s Mount Taranaki (2’518 m.a.s.l.) located on the southwest of the northern island of New Zealand. The view from Lake Mangamahoe near New Plymouth is fascinating in particular early in the morning when the view is clear and sun lets the rainforrest shine is many shades of green.
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Pretty unique: A Rainbow over the Dead Sea
Read more: Pretty unique: A Rainbow over the Dead SeaIt does not really rain at the Dead Sea at all. Well, this time – in April 2023 – a quite strong thunderstorm with pouring rain hit the area. So the classic shot with blue sky was turned into a dramatic view from the salty Israelian coastline across the Dead Sea towards Jordan … and…
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The Negev – Eilat Mountains and the Red Canyon
Read more: The Negev – Eilat Mountains and the Red CanyonEilat is located at the most southern point of Israel at the Red Sea close to the borders of Jordan in the East and Egypt in the west. The Eilat mountain range belongs to the southern part of the Negev desert. Particularly fascinating are the various colors of that mountain range which I captured in…
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