Epic Aoraki

Photographer

Emanuele Del Bufalo

Category

Nature Photography - Milky Way

Company

EDB Photography LAB

Submission Group

Professional

Year

2022

Country / Region:

New Zealand

I am on the shores of Lake Hooker, in front of me stands Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand, the conditions are perfect I decide to wait the dark. When the last lights of the sunset disappear, the Milky Way appears in all its beauty. "According to the Maori legend, Aoraki and his three brothers were on a voyage around Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, when their canoe was stranded. They decide to climb on the top side of their canoe. The cold south wind hit them, froze them, and turned them into stone. According to the legend their canoe became New Zealand's South Island, Aoraki, the tallest of the brothers, gave his name to the highest peak, his brothers and members of his crew became the mountains of the Southern Alps."

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