Every moon has a story! This one started with a Waning Gibbous (99.5%) moon on a calm and frosty -2.0˚C morning on June 23rd at the jetty and ended on daybreak at the fountain. The Lake was fogged in on the morning of the full moon the day before, so this was the next best thing.

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During the transition from blue to golden hour, a slight warm glow contrasts with the cooler tones of the morning at Lake Learmonth.

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One of the most intense sunrises I had experienced around Lake Pukaki was a bit of a surprise. While fixated on Aoraki and hoping the cloud would clear, the scene over the water behind me was slowly unfolding. One advantage of long-exposure photography is that you always have time for a coffee and to observe your surroundings. The last panorama was the original plan, but throughout the change of light, the mountain remained cloaked in low cloud, so the morning`s highlight was unexpected.

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Unexpected mist, sunrise, and the occasional random lenticular cloud create a surreal atmosphere on the Pukaki Canal road near Lake Poaka.

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The first light over the mountains viewed from an elevated part of the trail heading towards the Twizel River from Pukaki.

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From the eerie calm of Lake Pukaki, a winter storm gathers momentum late in the day as the first part of this intense weather system moves through the Southern Alps.

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It`s always great to start the day with something unexpected, such as the lenticular clouds forming in the Mackenzie Region near Twizel at first light.

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