New Zealand Wilderness

DSC_0011 Narrow-leaved lacebark (Hoheria angustifolia) an example of a beautiful old tree, a remnant of the broadleaf forests that once covered the Otago Peninsula that has been recently, and needlessly, killed by a horse, completely stripping the bark in winter. Boulder Beach, Otago Peninsula

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DSC_0011 Narrow-leaved lacebark (Hoheria angustifolia) an example of a beautiful old tree, a remnant of the broadleaf forests that once covered the Otago Peninsula that has been recently, and needlessly, killed by a horse, completely stripping the bark in winter. Boulder Beach, Otago Peninsula

Small leaved relic ring barked

$DSC_6132 Moon ring or Ice halo. A 22° halo is an optical phenomenon, forming a circle around the moon or more commonly the sun. It forms as light is refracted in millions of randomly oriented hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. These ice halos appear when the sky is covered by thin cirrus clouds that often come a few days before a large storm front *$
$DSC_6136 Moon ring or Ice halo over Otago Harbour. A 22° halo is an optical phenomenon, forming a circle around the moon or more commonly the sun. It forms as light is refracted in millions of randomly oriented hexagonal ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. These ice halos appear when the sky is covered by thin cirrus clouds that often come a few days before a large storm front *$

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