Lake Tekapo & Mt. Cook
Winya_wynah
Thu 14 Jan 2010 08:25
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The weather brightened up as we headed towards the
ice-fed Lake Tekapo.
The cloudy blue waters are the result of rock flour
in suspension.
 Church of the Good Shepherd on the shores of Lake
Tekapo.
 A quick go on the sew-saw before we set up
camp!
  The icy blue colours increased as the sun
set.
 Then on to Mount Cook,
 Sometimes you can see it sometimes you can't (as I
write it is shorouded in mist and rain)!
 Sun settling over the the highest mountain in
NZ.
 Today we went for a cruise on Lake Tasman amongst
the icebergs
 The huge chunks of ice break off the end of
the glacier
 In the glacier the ice is steely blue
 as it is compressed to 8 times the normal density
of refridgerator ice.
 Exposed to the sun and air the crystals reform and
the ice becomes white and opaque
 This ice is 300 years old - cold and
heavy!
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