Dark Lenticulars Heavy weather gathering ove rthe plains. - Twizel, New Zealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #BlackAndWhite #Landscape #Photography #Mono #Lenticular #Clouds #Cloudscape #EastCoastKin #Art #Stunday #Scape

Misty Manapouri Slipping through the tendrils of a barely-lit dawn. - #Manapouri, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Mists #Lake #Dawn #Scape #EastCoastKin #RealMiddleEarth #Landscape #Photography #Art #PureNz #Travel

Mountain of Fire and Ash A late ray of light shines across the ash plains of Mt Yasur, as it booms and rumbles in the background. - #Vanuatu, for #FornPartsFridays - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Volcano #SouthSeas #Bucketlist #Scape #EastCoastKin #Travel #IslandLife

Remnants Twisted threads of atmosphere. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes., See with your Soul." #Clouds #Cloudscape #Storm #EastCoastKin #Scape

Embers Another bank of clouds move in as the Aurora fades away. Rain, and lightning, would arrive soon after. Time for home, and warmth. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Pond #Night #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Art #Bucketlist #Travel

Playing Frogger I'm not sure who put a State Highway in the middle of my shot, but it really is most inconvenient. I shall have to have words! (subtitled "An Ode to Lost Pocketmoney") - Twizel, New Zealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Road #Nightscape #EastCoastKin

Forty Thousand Isos I showed this to a mate today and he said "Is that tonight's pic?" and I said, "No, no, it's far too grainy! This is a Test Shot, and I'm only showing it to complain about the clouds!". 1/2 #Aurora #Nightscape #Night #Photography #EastCoastKin #Bucketlist #PureNZ #Travel

Stairway There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to Heaven - Led Zepp - #Twizel, #NewZealand" - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #MilkyWay #Astrophotography #Landscape #Photography #Night #Galaxy #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Bucketlist

Red Hot Tonight's aurora filling the night with reds and golds. - Twizel, New Zealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Nightscape #Red #PureNZ #Travel #Bucketlist #EastCoastKin #Stunday #NZMustDo #Bucketlist #Travel

The Grandstand At the near end of the Racetrack Playa, where rocks move in the night of their own accord, you'll find The Grandstand. It's fascinating, but for photographers racing against the sunset, the most important thing is - The rocks are at the other end! 1/2 #Scape #EastCoastKin #Travel

Pond Life A Throwback Thursday to my favourite picture from a couple of autumns ago. A local artist was talking about painting this. I wonder how they got on? "Look with your eyes, See with your Soul" #Twizel #NewZealand #Autumn #Landscape #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin #Scape #ThrowbackThursday

Blue Dome Day Just a nice peaceful afternoon up at Aoraki Mt Cook. - #Aoraki Mt Cook - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul" #Landscape #NewZealand #Photography #Autumn #EastCoastKin #Scape #Art #PureNZ

The Calm Storm hit over the last couple of days. The mountains have fresh snow, the first decent drop of the season. I wonder how many of these leaves will be left when the wind dies down ? - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Autumn #Landscape #EastCoastKin

Mt Cook Blues and Golds The road to Aoraki Mt Cook looking splendid in yellow! - #Aoraki #MtCook, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Autumn #Fall #Gold #Landscape #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin

Three Sisters in the Sun The nights are getting colder - and the first decent snowfall for the mountains is predicted this week. But before Winter, there's still a little time to get in some sunbathing! - Twizel NZ "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Stunday #Autumn #Fall #EastCoastKin

Red Sky At Night Throwback to the May 2024 storm. I keep finding myself drawn back to these images, there are so many that I've never edited! (There are so many! ) - #Twizel #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #May2024 #NightScape #Scape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Epic

The Devil's Golf Course Large, hard, and very very sharp salt crystals deform and twist the ground here. It felt like a very strange, unreal, place to watch the moon rise. - #DeathValley, #USA - for #FornPartsFridays "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Salt #Scape #EastCoastKin #Travel

Last Flight Lake Ohau in Twilight hues. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Ohau #Twilight #BlueHour #Flight #Drone #Landscape #Photography #Art #Travel #EastCoastKin #PureNZ

Flakes of Gold The seasons turn, and once again, flakes of gold coat our trees. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Autumn #Fall #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Gold

Portent Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." (Comet image from 2024.) #Comet #BlueHour #Twilight #Nightscape #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape #bucketlist

Lakeside Blues Another quiet evening watching the sun go down over the lake. Peace. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Blue #BlueHour #Lakes #RealMiddleEarth #PureNZ #Twilight #Photography #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Rowing #Ruataniwha #travel

Into the Gap Some deep colour in the far distance, peering through a gap in the low clouds that dogged the day. - #Twizel, #NZ - "Look with your eyes, See with your Soul." #Couds #Cloudscape #Sunset #Twilight #Stunday #EastCoastKin #NewZealand #Photography #Layers

Purple Rain I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted, one time, to see you laughing I only want to see you laughing In the purple rain - Prince - #Twizel , #NZ - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Nightscape #Purple #Scape #EastCoastKin

Hot. So hot. Crossing the pass into Death Valley, there's this long slow descent and the further down you go, the hotter it gets. By the time you're at the valley floor, the heat is like a physical blow. - #DeathValley, #USA - #FornPartsFridays - #Scape #EastCoastKin #Desert #Landscape #Travel

River of Light (with the image this time! Oops!) Hear Ye and Hear Truly, That the Righteous shall follow A River of Light, To be borne into the Heavens Upon Pillars of Light. This to Occur, Last Wednesday, 9pm Be Not Thee Late! #Aurora #EastCoastKin #Scape #Landscape #Photograghy #Bucketlist

Gold of the High Country Late evening light weaving the tussocks into gold. No dodgy dealing with strangely-named Imps needed! -- #Twizel, #NewZealand. -- "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Scape #Road #Landscape #GoldenHour #Evening #Fall #Autumn #EastCoastKin

River of Light Hear Ye and Hear Truly, That the Righteous shall follow A River of Light, To be borne into the Heavens Upon Pillars of Light. This to Occur, Last Wednesday, 9pm Be Not Thee Late! - Twizel, NewZealand - "Look with your eyes See with your Soul" #Aurora #EastCoastKin #TheEndIsNigh

Twisted Storm High circling winds and a turbulent sky gave rise to this interesting shape. I watched for a while but nothing much more came from it. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Storm #Clouds #Cloudscape #EastCoastKin

Fiordland Caress Never getting tired of watching the mists twine around the hills of Fiordland. Granite, reaching out through trees to gently caress the clouds. - #Fiordland, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Mountains #Clouds #Landscape #EastCoastKin #BucketList #Travel

A Sunset you can Drink... Some evenings, you find a Sunset so intoxicatingly pretty, it should come with a little umbrella, and a warning not to be served to minors. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Landscape #Photography #Scape #Stunday #EastCoastKin

Desert Snow Another from Death Valley - crystals of salt growing out of the desert sands in the extreme dryness and heat. - #DeathValley, #USA - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #desert #crystals #salt #twilight #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape

Vista of... Deaaaattthhhhh! ...valley, that is. -- #DeathValley, #USA -- "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Death #Scape #Valley #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photgraphy #BucketList #Travel #Roadtrip #Art

Late One Sunset The Sun is gone, but the Cloud remembers. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul" #Sunset #Landscape #PureNZ #Mountain #Twilight #Travel #Photography #EastCoastKin

A Passing Moment -- Twizel, New Zealand. -- "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Minimalism #Night #LongExposure #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin

That Sinking Feeling Yesterday's Moon, setting below the mountain peak. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Twilight #Bluehour #Moon #Moonset #EastCoastKin #Nightscape #Photography #NZMustDo #Art

Twilight on the Plains Delicate shades of greens and yellows playing in the distance Taunting. Playing the "Am I an Aurora?" game with me. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Twilight #Mackenzie #BlueHour #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Art #PureNZ

The Red Planet I'm not sure that we've nicknamed the right planet "The Red Planet". - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Nightscape #Landscape #Photography #Stunday #EastCoastKin #PureNZ #Rays #Travel #Bucketlist #RedPlanet

Lighting up the Canal Tonight's aurora had a really nice display of beams for a while before fading off. Hours later, it still hasn't come back! Hmph! - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #SouthernLights #Scape #Stunday #EastCoastKin #Nightscape #Landscape

The Master's Window The mighty walls of Zion National Park glimpsed through... The Master's Window. - #Zion #NationalPark, #USA. - for #FornPartsFriday - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Window #Roadtrip #Scape #EastCoastKin #Landscape #Photography #Art #Travel #Bucketlist

X marks the spot. This one's pretty much for my pareidolia friends. :) What do you see in the landscape? - Twizel, New Zealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Landscape #NewZealand #EastCoastKin #Art #Pareidolia #Whatdoyousee

A Nice Day For It Every now and then, it's nice to just go sit by a lake somewhere. :) Touch grass. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Lake #Ohau #Landscape #Mountains #Photography #RealMiddleEarth #Art #EastCoastKin

So Many Rays Pinks and limes and so many rays. This storm was pretty intense. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Nightscape #Landscape #Rays #Photography #Art #Lakes #EastCoastKin #Lights

Arch Just a big glittery bend in the sky.... Nicely framing the light show below! - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #Galaxy #Lightshow #PureNz #RealMiddleEarth #Landscape #Nightscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #Art

Galactic Aurora Well, last night there was an intense but brief aurora, and I totally missed it. But it got me digging through the archives remembering other nights. Here's one from long ago. - #Twizel, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Aurora #EastCoastKin #Stunday

A small announcement: Politics has no place on my Bluesky. It's everywhere right now - and rightly so, as one madman tries to drag the world to chaos. But not here. MY account is for the pretty things. The beauty in the world that makes us stop for a moment, makes us draw breath. Gives Awe.

This Is Fine Like, probably. Maybe. ...did you guys hear a real loud whooshing sound? Like the kind Deadlines make as they fly by? - #Tekapo, #NewZealand - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Clouds #Cloudscape #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Whoosh

Half a Block. Half dome. I could watch the sun set on it forever. - Yosemite National Park, #USA - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Yosemite #California #USA #Sunset #HalfDome #BucketList #Scape #Landscape #Photography #Art #EastCoastKin #Travel #WhatIDidOnMyHolidays

Firefly Exquisitely illuminated evening enchantment. - #Tekapo, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #Sunset #Cloudscape #Clouds #EastCoastKin #Scape #Photography #Art

The Big Basin Looking all the way across, from the mountains on this side, to the mountains on that side. - #Twizel, #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul. #Sunset #PureNZ #Evening #Landscape #Photography #EastCoastKin #RealMiddleEarth

Along The Path There's always another path to investigate, and there's always another brow of another hill to see what's on the other side! I wonder what's over here? - #Twizel #NewZealand. - "Look with your eyes. See with your Soul." #LeadingLines #Landscape #Photography #Sunset #EastCoastKin