Scoop Images: Heavenly Ohau
Yet more images from Norman Mackay of the view from Ohau Village in the heart of New Zealand’s Southern Alps.

Heavenly sunrise – Winter solstice morning brought a chariot of fire in the sky as the sun rose over the Ben Ohau range at about 7.45am.

Closeup of that chariot of
fire

Lake Ohau on a winters day –
taken on the morning of the 14th June after early morning
snow.
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