where the glaciers in the headwaters of Lake Tekapo grind rocks into a fine dust on their journey down towards the lake. The resulting particulate, called “rock flour,” is suspended in the water and causes the magnificent turquoise.
The forests and the mountains provide the back-drop. As well as a very brief rainbow!
Thankful for:
The wee church here which features in every tourists photos is almost bare of those travellers. My brother-in-law once was the minister here long ago and my sister played the organ.
Oh I've been to this lake and the church in your photo. Lake Tekapo is one of the prettiest lakes I have visited. We camped there for three days and just kived the whole area. You have captured it beautifully.
lake tekapo is in my list of places to see before i die. a photo of it was featured by microsoft in april as a wallpaper and it was beautiful i couldn't help but take a photo of my monitor. you are so lucky you have access to this beautiful place. love that scintilla of a rainbow you captured. aces!
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