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On our journey home May 3, 2016 at Lake Pukaki in the South Island of New Zealand.

Lake Pukaki is the largest of three roughly parallel alpine lakes running north-south along the northern edge of the Mackenzie Basin on New Zealand's South Island.

The glacial feed to the lakes gives them a distinctive blue colour, created by glacial flour, the extremely finely ground rock particles from the glaciers. Lake Pukaki covers an area of 178.7 km², and the surface elevation of the lake normally ranges from 518.2 to 532 metres above sea level.

The lake is now part of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme. The lake's original outflow was at its southern end, into the Pukaki River. The outflow has been dammed, and canals carry water from Lake Pukaki and Lake Ohau through the Ohau A power station to Lake Ruataniwha. Pukaki is also fed by the waters of Lake Tekapo, which are diverted through a canal to a power station on Pukaki's eastern shore (Tekapo B station). The lake has been raised twice to increase storage capacity (9m in 1952, and 37m in 1976 ), submerging Five Pound Note Island, which once appeared on New Zealand's five pound note.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Pukaki

Taken in: New Zealand / Canterbury / Lake Pukaki (show map)

Taken on: May 2, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, 28mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
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Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Windows)
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