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New Zealand 紐西蘭 (24 Mar - 5 Apr 2005)
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Glacier
We took a boat tour to see the glacier in Mount Cook.
The first picture provides a good scale to compare how large the ice block was.
In the second picture, the ice block on the left was broken off more recently than the one on the right, judging by the erosion on top of the water line.
The third picture was taken on top of an ice block. You can see the different layers of ice alternate with dirt and rocks. When the summer came, dirts and rocks accumulate on top of the ice. Then in winter, snow accumulated on top of rocks, etc... Thus the formation of the layers.
The last picture is the inside of an ice block.
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Lake Tekapo
The turquoise coloured Lake Tekapo.
We were told that the colour was the result of glacier flour in the water. Glacier flour means rocks were grinded to powder by the force of glacier movement, and contained in the glacier. When the glacier melts, the powders are light enough to freely float in the water.
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Christchurch Cathedral
The outside and the inside of the Cathedral.
The face of the figure in the middle is not white. People in the Cathedral told me that it means Jesus was not just for white people, but people of all colour. Clever marketing.
I imagine the real Jesus, if there was one, should be brown skinned, like any Middle-easterner.
The background motif was very native New Zealand - with very heavy use of fern patterns. Fern is supposedly the tree of life for the Maoris.
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Christchurch Cathedral
I didn't ask about the significance of this pictures. But I imagine this is how Christianity and the white people came to New Zealand.
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Cathedral Square Photographer
First he waited for the customers.
Then he set them up for the photo, give them the flags, dolls, and dry leaves.
Then he brief the customers before taking the shots.
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