Lake Matheson, West Coast, New Zealand

Description: Lake Matheson is near Fox Glacier. A 2 hours long loop track along the lake offers truly stunning reflections of New Zealand's highest peaks - Aoraki (Mount Cook) and Mount Tasman.

The waters of Lake Matheson are dark brown, so on a calm day they create the ideal reflective surface. The colour is caused by natural leaching of organic matter from the surrounding native forest floor.

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Keywords: Fox Glacier, Lake Matheson, New Zealand, West Coast, dusk, sunset, twilight, reflection, lake, mountains, Te Wahipounamu, World Heritage site

Exif: Exposure: 1/15, Aperture: 13.0, ISO: 100

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