Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Lake Tekapo and the chapel of flowers

At this lake on a clear day the view from a little stone church is very popular. Today the cloud obscured Mt Cook and her sister peaks so the church seemed less relevant. But the lupine were in bloom and were there in colorful volumes. I forget the Church of the Good Shepard and concentrated on the flowers with misty mountains in the background.  I don't recall if you can see the teal colored water. This is caused by the glaciers grinding the stones to rock flour. Then the three rivers that feed the lake carry the flour suspended in the water to the lake. Eventually, the downstream rivers will sort out the rock flour.








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