Captured after sunset. South Island, New Zealand.
Moeraki boulders, Otago County, NZ Part of a series I’m working on… / o- / -o / o- / -o / Other Autumn Images / o- / -o / o- / -o /
South Island, New Zealand – Moeraki’s Boulders.
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This is sunrise at a beach north of Dunedin,NZ, along the Otago coast. These boulders,( Moeraki boulders) are concretions, some up to 3 meters in diameter, which have been formed by precipitation of calcite from pore waters in the Moeraki Formation. / Local Māori legends explained the boulders as the remains of eel baskets, calabashes, and kumara washed ashore from the wreck of an Arai-te-uru, a large sailing canoe. This legend tell of the rocky shoals that extend seaward from Shag Point as being the petrified hull of this wreck and a nearby rocky promontory as being the body of the canoe’s captain. / The area where we were had roughly 30 or so of these boulders. Though the clouds were a bit too numerous to catch any spectacular sunrise colors, the boulders were fascinating to observe. / Just as we were leaving the sun poked through the clouds to shimmer off the waters.
No photomanipulation, pure, beautiful, New Zealand. The large circular rocks are called Moeraki Boulders
Moeraki Boulders at low tide just after sunset, South Island, New Zealand
Otago, New Zealand. Natural boulders on Moeraki Beach
Moeraki Boulder which has split open. Near DUnedin NZ
A horseman at Moeraki, New Zealand at dawn
I am drawn to these boulders, found in a cluster on the beach in Moeraki, on the South Island of New Zealand.
Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand
Moeraki Boulders at sunrise, South Island, New Zealand
Moeraki Boulders near Dunedin NZ. These fascinating round boulders are found only on one stretch of coastline and resemble, what I think, dragon eggs would look like. At the base of the sandy cliff, can be found an another couple of round boulders which seem to have been just laid, with virutally no markings. The line shown here were being gently washed by sea and fine drizzle. /
Moeraki Boulders are found near Dunedin NZ. These fascinating round boulders are found only on one stretch of coastline and resemble, what I think, dragon eggs would look like. At the base of the sandy cliff, can be found an another couple of round boulders which seem to have been just laid, with virutally no markings. This boulder had, what resembled to me, scales. /
The marbles of the Gods, on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand.
Moeraki boulders that slowly get eaten by the ocean
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