Hi Russel, Thank you for sharing that picture of New Zealand from Space!
its a very beautiful country and was a great back drop for the Lord of the
Rings and The Hobbit movies! I have always wanted to see New Zealand and
Austrailia but the closest I ever got was a brief tour at a US Coast Guard
Loran C radio station In Hokkaido Japan. It was a dream of lifetime for me
and if I ever create a PIC microcontroller project that makes super Weathly
I will venture down under and to New Zealand as a side trip
Michael Johnston

On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 5:56 AM RussellMc <apptechnz@gmail.com> wrote:

> NASA ISS photo of NZ South Island in 2003 after a '50-year' blizzard.
> (Rarity, not duration :-).)
>
> Relatively few New Zealanders see the impressive expanse of the NZ Southe=
rn
> Alps + Kaikoura Range and many people have no real impression of how
> extensive and rugged the mountains are.
> An Auckland-Christchurch flight and a window seat on a clear day provides
> awesome views.
>
> In Christchurch on a clear winter day the alps form a 200 or so degree
> backdrop to the city and from a suitable viewing point stretch from horiz=
on
> to horizon (with the sea taking up the other 160 degrees).
> I have a many-many-many shot panorama thereof. I should put it online.
>
> This is probably the best SI snow photo I've seen - worth saving if such
> things are of interest.
> You get a closer view of a fair bit of this in the Lord of the Rings
> 'lighting the beacons' sequence.
>
>
>
> https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/67000/67355/NewZealand=
..A2003192.2235.250m.jpg?fbclid=3DIwAR1mJwVQpFXAq0e5yaLgdc7NL2tFhAbsI3w2vwuD=
KVzVRwD3ks2UAkQ_h-Y
>
>
> Russell
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