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Taranaki

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White Cliffs Walkway
by David Hamments

The White Cliffs of Taranaki, New Plymouth, New Zealand

The Three Sisters (In Explore)
Three Sisters
by David Hamments

.... at Tongaporutu Beach, New Zealand. Mount Taranaki can be seen in the distance...

Elephant Rock
Elephant Rock
by David Hamments

... at Tongaporutu Beach, on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island

Twilight Zone
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Taranaki New Zealand

The magellanic clouds hover above Taranaki on a beautiful and clear evening!

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Magic Mirror
Three Sisters

A pretty sunset was reflected in the low tide pools of the Three Sisters beach . Tongaporutu is such an epic place!

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Burning Brush
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Pouakai Tarn Taranaki

A crisp clear morning above the tree line at Taranaki before descending into greyness at New Plymouth!

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Left, Right or Detached?
Left, Right or Detached?

3 versions of the same subject, Taranaki volcano and Cape Egmont lighthouse. Most stock images have the lighthouse at right, as flickr has chosen. ...

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Left, Right or Detached?
Left, Right or Detached?

3 versions of the same subject, Taranaki volcano and Cape Egmont lighthouse. Most stock images have the lighthouse at right, as flickr has chosen. ...

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Green Velvet
Green Velvet

Lush volcanic landscape under winter morning light, near the beginning of a long windy and partly unpaved road between the Taranaki region and the...

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taranaki-031
taranaki-031

Scanned image from November 2003.

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The Three Sisters Pano
Three Sisters
by David Hamments

Tongaporutu, North Island, New Zealand (with Mount Taranaki in the distance)...

Three Sisters Sideways
Three Sisters
by David Hamments

... here's another look at the Three Sisters on Tongaporutu Beach on New Zealand's North Island...

Elephant Rock and Two of the Three Sisters
Three Sisters
by David Hamments

.... at Tongaporutu. Mount Taranaki is lurking in the distance once again.

Dawn Vigil
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Taranaki North Island, New Zealand

Another in a set of awesome memories from the night I spent at Pouakai hut and tarn last year. Fingers crossed...

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Blood Sisters
Three Sisters

The 'three' Sisters at Tongaporutu are now two thanks to the ever changing coastline. This sunset lit Taranaki up red in the distance making me wish...

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Gathering Mist
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Pouakai Tarn New Zealand

Behind the main tarn is a group of smaller tarns which though pleasant to explore, perhaps do not give the same...

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Cloud Gap
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Taranaki

I had a great evening and morning at Pouakai tarn trying to photograph the rapidly changing conditions from no mountain to clear starry...

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Tidal Wave of Bones
Taranaki Framed

Modern pedestrian bridge with Mt Taranaki in the distance, New Plymouth, New Zealand, just before sunset. Hapy Weekend to all.

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Taranaki Framed
Taranaki Framed

Mount Taranaki volcano, before sunset, framed by a modern pedestrian bridge near New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand.

Once again I was surprised...

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Left, Right or Detached?
Left, Right or Detached?

3 versions of the same subject, Taranaki volcano and Cape Egmont lighthouse. Most stock images have the lighthouse at right, as flickr has chosen. ...

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Cloud Reflections on Len Lye Centre
Len Lye Centre

The Len Lye Centre is a art gallery and museum in New Plymouth. This photo shows a detail of the building with clouds reflected in the mirror-like...

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Urenui
Urenui

The end of a dream. I've just come back from a trip to the North Island which started off with a hospital stay for appendicitis (and surgery!). The...

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Three Sisters Reflections
Three Sisters
by David Hamments

... I tried to capture the reflections from the Three Sisters on Tongaporutu Beach (near New Plymouth), but Mount Taranaki in the distance, still demands some attention....

Tongaporutu Beach
Elephant Rock
by David Hamments

... with Mount Taranaki (Egmont) in the background

Cloud hat
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Taranaki New zealand

This is the short exposure version of the previously posted image from the same scene - that top wisp of cloud vanished pretty...

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The Lesser Souls
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Pouakai Tarns & Taranaki New Zealand

A slightly different composition taken from the smaller tarns behind the main tarn just off the Pouakai trail...

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Sisters
Three Sisters

Three sisters Tongaporutu

Marianne's image of the three sisters. We had to split who could go on sunset shoots this last trip with the other staying...

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Magellanic Taranaki
Pouakai Reflective Tarn, Taranaki

Taranaki New Zealand

Another image from Pouakai tarn taken just before I packed up and went to bed (I know, weak! I should have stayed here all...

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Converge
White Cliffs Walkway

White Cliffs Walkway New Zealand

Part of an abstract-ish series I took along the black sand beach of whitecliffs south of Tongaporutu. When the seas...

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Taranaki Night
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First of all, I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming positive response to yesterday's upload, which I didn't think was special at all, it was...

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Taranaki Framed
Taranaki Framed

Mount Taranaki volcano, before sunset, framed by a modern pedestrian bridge near New Plymouth, North Island, New Zealand.

Once again I was surprised...

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Farm and Mount Taranaki
Farm and Mount Taranaki

Mount Taranaki, or Mount Egmont, is the centre of attention of the Taranaki region on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island. It is a dormant...

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Dawson's Light
Dawson Falls

Dawson Falls, Taranaki, New Zealand

We went on a bit of a road trip over Labour Weekend and headed down the Forgotten World Highway. On our way...

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Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Taranaki!
Most notably David Hamments.