The landscape of the Waitaki Valley in New Zealand is truly remarkable when viewed from above.
The intricate network of channels weaving through the valley creates a breathtaking pattern of twists and turns, forming what is known as a braided river.
The sediment carried by the glacial meltwater is constantly shifting and changing, creating new channels and islands that contrast sharply with the surrounding dry grasslands and rocky mountains.
The crystal-clear water of the river allows for a glimpse of the riverbed and the fish that swim in the shallows.
The Waitaki Valley's Braided Rivers not only provide stunning scenery, but they also serve an important ecological role in providing habitats for a variety of plant and animal species, some of which are rare and endangered.
Additionally, the rivers offer recreational opportunities such as fishing, kayaking, and rafting, making them a popular destination for visitors to the area.
The Alps to Ocean cycle trail runs all the way from the Southern Alps to the harbour on the coast in Oamaru.
Click on the image below to zoom in and explore this artwork.
The landscape of the Waitaki Valley in New Zealand is truly remarkable when viewed from above.
The intricate network of channels weaving through the valley creates a breathtaking pattern of twists and turns, forming what is known as a braided river.
The sediment carried by the glacial meltwater is constantly shifting and changing, creating new channels and islands that contrast sharply with the surrounding dry grasslands and rocky mountains.
The crystal-clear water of the river allows for a glimpse of the riverbed and the fish that swim in the shallows.
The Waitaki Valley's Braided Rivers not only provide stunning scenery, but they also serve an important ecological role in providing habitats for a variety of plant and animal species, some of which are rare and endangered.
Additionally, the rivers offer recreational opportunities such as fishing, kayaking, and rafting, making them a popular destination for visitors to the area.
The Alps to Ocean cycle trail runs all the way from the Southern Alps to the harbour on the coast in Oamaru.
Click on the image below to zoom in and explore this artwork.
The landscape of the Waitaki Valley in New Zealand is truly remarkable when viewed from above.
The intricate network of channels weaving through the valley creates a breathtaking pattern of twists and turns, forming what is known as a braided river.
The sediment carried by the glacial meltwater is constantly shifting and changing, creating new channels and islands that contrast sharply with the surrounding dry grasslands and rocky mountains.
The crystal-clear water of the river allows for a glimpse of the riverbed and the fish that swim in the shallows.
The Waitaki Valley's Braided Rivers not only provide stunning scenery, but they also serve an important ecological role in providing habitats for a variety of plant and animal species, some of which are rare and endangered.
Additionally, the rivers offer recreational opportunities such as fishing, kayaking, and rafting, making them a popular destination for visitors to the area.
The Alps to Ocean cycle trail runs all the way from the Southern Alps to the harbour on the coast in Oamaru.
Click on the image below to zoom in and explore this artwork.
At the end of Oamaru breakwater, two lights vie for the attention of lost ships.
Slow exposure taken 14th of March 2010 with an Olympus Pen camera.
A digital sketch of the Oamaru Breakwater
Silent, it was so silent when I took these photos. The fog covered everything, dampened noise and hair. Not even the birds made a sound.
Two lights, one at the end of the Breakwater, one at the end of Holmes Wharf stand as sentinels in the night guiding the lonely sailor back into Oamaru Harbour to safety.
The Lindis Pass, beautiful mountains rise above the thin ribbon of a road stretching out on it's journey into the distance.
Digitally painted by Derek Golding, the beautiful warm colours will compliment any room.
A break in heavy fog lights up a wave from a distant sunrise at the Oamru Breakwater, Oamaru Harbour.
Captured at 1/1600th of a second the water appears to shatter like glass against the stone.
Steampunk HQ in Oamaru is a major draw card to thousands of visitors a year, yet at night, it is the domain of the penguin!
Well worth a visit at night, as is all the Harbour Precinct area
A digital painting by Derek Golding.
A road stretches home in the back country high above Otematata, North Otago. Nor-wester weather brings about some spectacular lighting in these locations.
Being close to the sea and a landmass like the cape provides the artist with some stunning cloud formations.
Here we see Mammatus clouds billowing up above the rear facade of a building on Harbour street.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Picture yourself standing in a beautiful valley, surrounded by mountains rising up in the distance. The air is crisp and cold, and light snow is falling from the sky, covering the landscape with a soft, white blanket.
In the foreground, a frozen stream with layers of ice has built up over time, creating delicate, lace-like formations that glitter in the sunlight.
Take a tour of these artworks in detail.
Steampunk HQ is located in the former Meeks Grain Elevator Building, a historic building registered with by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category II structure.
This massive and handsomely detailed grain store built in 1882 for the country’s then largest stock and station agency, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd (NZLMA), is a landmark building in the Oamaru’s Whitestone heritage precinct. More info via the Historic Places Trust available here
A tilt Shift effect is used to create a toy town!
Oamaru as seen from Forrester Heights, the hill overlooking Oamaru on Cape Wanbrow.
Over thousands of years, global warming can cause the valley to change completely, turning it into a different type of landscape with different plant and animal species.
In the first few decades, new plants and animals move in, and the valley becomes a more diverse ecosystem. But as the climate warms due to global warming, extreme weather events like heavy rain and flooding can cause erosion, soil loss, and habitat destruction.
This can have lasting impacts on the valley's vegetation and animal life. Over centuries, global warming can cause prolonged droughts and more frequent wildfires, while changes in seasonal timing can disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem.
Over thousands of years, global warming can cause the valley to change completely, turning it into a different type of landscape with different plant and animal species.
In the first few decades, new plants and animals move in, and the valley becomes a more diverse ecosystem. But as the climate warms due to global warming, extreme weather events like heavy rain and flooding can cause erosion, soil loss, and habitat destruction.
This can have lasting impacts on the valley's vegetation and animal life. Over centuries, global warming can cause prolonged droughts and more frequent wildfires, while changes in seasonal timing can disrupt the delicate balance of the ecosystem.
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