Looking at that explains why there was a New Zealander on the the rope for the first ascent of Mt Everest __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 10:56, RussellMc 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 > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .