The tiny Mount Cook Village sits 1200m (4000 ft) below, barely visible at this resolution. The town is little more than a hotel with a few rental houses, employee houses, and a couple restaurants, but it is the gateway to the highest peaks and longest glacier in New Zealand.
The enormous spine of the Southern Alps blocks much of the rainfall, which usually comes from the west, and this photo shows how dry and barren the landscape is here on the eastern side in the rain shadow. Photo © copyright by Jack Brauer.
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