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Lake Pukaki The blue color in New Zealand’s Lake Pukaki captured here is actually how this lake often appears. Lake Pukaki sits just east of the Southern Alps on New Zealand’s South Island and is supplied by water coming from the country’s longest and largest glaciers.
Aoraki (Mount Cook) peaks out of the clouds
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After waiting all day the peak finally decided to show itself
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The Māori name for this peak is Aoraki, which means cloud piercer. Pretty fitting, eh?
More behind the scenes from our climb up to Mueller Hut in today’s story and my NZ: Mueller Hut highlight.
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A scenic lookout at sunrise of the Mt. Cook and the Pukaki lake. Let me know what do you think about this footage and enjoy it. I love this country 🇳🇿.
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New Zealand from above. I’ve just returned from another memorable stint across the ditch with the objective of capturing some new content from the air. Here is a short clip shot on the new
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giving you a small insight into the place that inspires me to do what I do.
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*let’s be adventurers this year. second shot. **ended up drinking more than how much i usually do last night. went to bed with the sun up. lakas maka millenial. lol. no hangover though so that’s good. getting some work done now actually🤣
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New Zealand Hiking Ball Pass - Aoraki Mt Cook
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RUNNER-UP: Panasonic Lumix Timelapse CategoryIcebergs in the Hooker Valley Lake below Aoraki/Mt Cook shift restlessly during the long winter night.⠀
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Another shrinking mountain
This image shows a lake at the foot of Aoraki (also known as Mt. Cook), the tallest mountain in New Zealand.
A few years ago, if you’d checked the listings online for this mountain, or if you checked a previously-published book, its height would be listed at 3754 meters (12,316 feet). Over the past week, the mountain suddenly shrank by 30 meters, to a height of 3724.
This mountain has shrunk before. In 1991, the peak was listed as 3764 meters tall until a giant avalanche took away the uppermost 10 meters. However, nothing as stunning as that happened recently; the mountain was simply remeasured. Using GPS technology, a group from the University of Otago visited the summit and found that the peak was in fact 30 meters (99 feet) shorter than previous measurements had determined.
-JBB
Image credit: Stu (creative commons license) http://www.flickr.com/photos/16693201@N00/2154268226/
Press report: http://m.livescience.com/42610-new-zealand-aoraki-mount-cook-shrinks.html?cmpid=514645
That time when Denali also shrank: https://www.facebook.com/TheEarthStory/posts/570353933025655
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I have been fortunate to spend the last year living in New Zealand and have had the pleasure of experiencing some of the amazing landscapes that this country has to offer. This is my first attempt at a timelapse video and have spent countless hours hiking around lugging a heavy pack through the mountains to get to some of these awesome vistas.
Aotearoa is the Maori Name for New Zealand it translates to "the land of the long white cloud". This timelapse includes scenes from Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park, Mt. Aspiring National Park, Fiordland National Park, Taranaki National Park, Catlins Forest Park, Tongoriro National Park, Wanaka and Queenstown. I feel lucky to have been able to explore this amazing country and share its beauty.
Directed by: Cory Marshall Filmed and Edited by: Cory Marshall corymarshallphotography.com
Music: The Frozen Ocean Track: Gold (Instrumental) Licensed from Triple Scoop Music.
Dolly/Sliders: Dynamic Perception
Camera: Sony A7rii
For licensing please contact me at: [email protected]
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This is New Zealand. This is a video about being 33 days on the road - going from Christchurch to Auckland.
Locations: Milford Sound Arthurs's Pass Mount Taranaki Tongarino Crossing Gertrude Saddle Mount Cook Giant Sand Dunes Golden Bay Cathedral Cove Oreti Beach
Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand
