Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Lake Matheson: Mountain reflections

On our way to Franz Josef Village, we made a detour to visit Lake Matheson, famed for its potential reflections of Mt Cook (NZ’s highest mountain) and Mt Tasman.

Lake Matheson is a few kilometres west of the township of Fox Glacier, which in turn is 23 kilometres south of Franz Josef Village.

The walk to the lake was very pretty and ferny:

 

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Mossy bank.

When we arrived at the photography spot, there was a fair bit of cloud over the mountains, one of them in particular – I don’t know which one.

Here are my pictures of the reflections in the lake anyway:

 

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Then, when we returned to the carpark, both peaks were visible (just).  I didn’t dare suggest to Pat that we go back to the lake for another go!

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Perfect photographs missed on 18th April 2012.

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