Lake Wakatipu New Zealand
by Joan Carroll
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Lake Wakatipu New Zealand
Artist
Joan Carroll
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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
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This beautiful morning scene greeted us in New Zealand, showing the Frankton Arm of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown on the South Island. Lake Wakatipu is an inland lake (finger lake) in the southwest corner of the Otago Region. 15,000 years ago during the last ice age, a huge glacier moving from the north west carved out what is now Lake Wakatipu. With a length of 80 kilometres (50 mi), it is New Zealand's longest lake, and at 291 sq km (112 sq mi), its third largest. The lake is also very deep, its floor being below sea level, with a maximum depth of 380 metres (1,250 ft). It is at an altitude of 310 metres (1,020 ft), towards the southern end. The Maori legends state that the giant Matau was burnt to death in his sleep after he abducted a chief's daughter, burning a massive hole in the ground and melting the ice and snow of the surrounding mountains, forming the lake. One of Wakatipu's mysteries is the rise and fall of the lake by about 12cm (5 inches) every five minutes. Legend states that a Giant's heart is impossible to destroy, and causes this rise and fall, while science says it is due to fluctuating atmospheric pressures. FUN FACT: It is a backdrop for several scenes in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
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November 22nd, 2016
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