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Anchored sailboats on the dark blue lake below mountain ridges in low cloud, with sunlit upper slopes above a lakeside settlement, Central Otago.
Canterbury, New Zealand · July 2025

Bay Beneath the Ridgeline

Low cloud settled over the ridgelines above Queenstown Bay, leaving the upper slopes in bright patches where sunlight broke through. Sailboats lay at anchor in the dark water while the settlement spread below the shadowed hillsides.

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Sony Alpha 7R VFE 70-300mm F4.5-5.6 G OSS109mmf/81/320sISO 12519 July 2025

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