Patterns in the ice from New Zealand’s Hooker Glacier floats in the waters that will soon head down stream to Lake Pukaki. The sky was bright blue this day, which accounts for the brilliant blues, while the surrounding mountains were picking up the warm colors of the sunset. The ice is a beautiful if sad gift of the quickly retreating glacier.
The foothills of the Southern Alps of New Zealand.
Middle Paradise Valley, Kings Canyon National Park n the High Sierra, with a boring sky above, the sunlight reflected in the gently flowing South Fork of the Kings River. This shot was taken near where Ansel Adams photographed Paradise Valley as part of the mural project for the park service in 1936. Those photos were instrumental in getting Kings Canyon named a national park in 1940.
