Liners' Photoblog
Banks Peninsula
Posted by Linerberry (Christchurch, New Zealand) on 22 October 2008 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
Banks Peninsula is situated in about the middle of the east coast of the South Island on the margin of the Canterbury Plains. It is approximately 450 sq. miles in area and its highest point is Herbert Peak, 3,014 ft. It comprises two extinct volcanoes which were active less than half a million years ago. Their craters have subsequently been enlarged to many times their original size by stream erosion; they were then invaded by the sea during the postglacial world-wide rise in sea level beginning about 15,000 years ago. They now form the harbours of Lyttelton and Akaroa. Originally Banks Peninsula was an island, but it became tied to the Canterbury Plains at some late stage in geological history when the growing alluvial plain reached its base.
http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/B/BanksPeninsula/BanksPeninsula/en
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jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
WOW!!!! the blue and the greens and the compostion to boot well done Liners my shot of the day
22 Oct 2008 5:53am
rem_la from Villiers, France
superbe, il doit y avoir de belles ballades à faire !
22 Oct 2008 5:58am
Siam from Chaingrai, Thailand
It is genuine this beauty natural, I hope that pollution will never come here. A shot sublimates for eyes.
22 Oct 2008 7:09am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
This is how I imagine part of paradise ... so abundant and the colors are so gorgeous! Great photo!
22 Oct 2008 7:31am
Arash from Dubai, United Arab Emirates
superb landscape, I like green tones here.
22 Oct 2008 9:54am
zOOm from France
Amazing landscape... I love the 2 clouds on top of the mountains !
22 Oct 2008 10:39am
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
This amazing landscape comes very close to my personal imaginations on paradise.
22 Oct 2008 10:42am
JoeB from Brampton, Canada
Always heard about the beauty of NZ, this really shows it way to capture the big picture.
22 Oct 2008 11:53am
Maramy from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Amazing!! blue's and green's, lovely landscape.
22 Oct 2008 12:39pm
Anthony Lambert from Bielefeld, Germany
Lots of great detail and what a super view !!
22 Oct 2008 2:09pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
This is a beautiful scene with rich colors. Well done.
22 Oct 2008 2:46pm
Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand
I love this scene everytime i see it, great shot , clear and crisp and the colors and light are perfect.
22 Oct 2008 4:31pm
Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom
just lovely, what a place. lovely image
22 Oct 2008 6:10pm
Mariska from Stellenbosch, South Africa
love your depth of field! amazing colours
22 Oct 2008 6:58pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
........ active less than half a million years ago, jeeez you only just missed it Liners ;-0
Gorgeous rolling landscape, and a lake too. It could be the Lake district.
22 Oct 2008 7:21pm
@Observing: I know...I was a bit scared! It could be the Lake District!
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
Ahhhh... the grass is greener on the other side here... I feel like going hiking along the hills
22 Oct 2008 8:20pm
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
gorgeous!!! i recognize this view from my bosses trip to NZ last december -- it was almost exactly this same shot!! :) marvelous shot and view!!!
22 Oct 2008 10:13pm
JJ from Jersey City, United States
what a beautiful view, part of NZ, I havent spent much time in, such lovely colors, and thanks for all the info very interesting
22 Oct 2008 11:28pm
KZC from Sydney, Australia
~~~~ WOW ~~~~
That is fantastic - I need to get to NZ, some of your shots are so much like Scotland... I can see Loch Lomond in this one with mountains behind.
23 Oct 2008 1:25am
@KZC: Come on over K....you more than welcome:-)
Kent from Kvänum, Sweden
An incredibly beautiful natural picture. These are things that we dream about here.
24 Oct 2008 6:28am
Jorge from Daly City, United States
Green... rolling hills, things dreams are made of... awesome place to be.
28 Oct 2008 5:09am
Olympus C170,D425
1/800 second
F/2.8
ISO 50
7 mm