Land of the Long White Cloud

Aotearoa, the Maori name for New Zealand, is commonly translated as "land of the long white cloud". This shot is taken near Ngatea looking towards the Kaimai Ranges with the late afternoon sun highlighting the cloud.

[Barb]

nice shot, Nick

[Debbie]

Very appropriately named. Beautiful landscape... My daughter is holidaying in NZ at the moment in the nort island and had fallen in love with it.

[bkb in the city]

Such a beautiful shot

[Jane winfrey]

Beautiful shot! The clouds "are" long and white and such long range of mountains. Very nice capture:)

[Nitrogene]

Fantastic panoramic shot!

[Bill]

Great panoramic shot, clouds particularly impressive.

[Maureen P]

Great panorama, the colour is beautlful

[Imaginings]

Nice composition, the darkness below highlights the clouds.

[Call me Joe]

Wonderful capture- tnx, really appreciate the follow:)!

[KWind]

Wonderful landscape. I like the long, narrow composition.

[Pat Knowles]

Thanks for the follow Nick....I know exactly where you are here....my youngest son bought some cows off a farm here when he was moving to a 50/50 share farm a few years ago. The Kaimai range is lovely......

[Stephanie Swift]

Lovely shot of a beautiful country, definitely living up to its Maori name here!

[Sally]

Very atmospheric

[Gena Pegg]

Wonderful composition....beautiful cloud and panoramic pov!

[Robert Smith]

really beautiful composition, I like that bright green with the huge blue sky. It made me stop and smile.

[Chris Johnson]

Very neat wide shot! I like that colorful building in the center.

[Nick]

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