A lovely day to mow the home orchard at Limestone Hills- the autumn sun casts lengthening shadows from the apricot and pear trees, while The Deans hills make a jagged horizon. The river in its gorge runs unseen between us.
A big sky featuring squiggly lenticular clouds looms over the Deans - the range of hills that defines one side of the Waipara Valley
Yes, we have wind.
#thedeans #waipara #norwester #capturedwithIndigo
Penguin fossil trove in #Waipara Greensand: following K-Pg extinction, the environment lacked larger terrestrial predators, providing conditions conducive to the evolution of #penguins, #Aotearoa New Zealand
A piece of mudstone that has been shattered by freeze thaw cycles - or at least whose shattered status has been materially enhanced by the frost that's lingering in the Waipara riverbed at the moment.
Still life that rocks.
#frostshattered #waipara
The view towards Mt Grey and Mt Brown from Black Estate in the Waipara Valley. The sky is a deep blue, but the air is chill.
Not a bad day in the Valley
#waipara #blackestate
A green glow tinged with red silhouettes the Canterbury foothills, while a galaxy (or several) look down at the photographer, who shivers.
This was about 9-30 pm, looking south from Laidmore Road in the Waipara Gorge. The lump on the right is Mt Grey (you can see the transmitter). Then I gave up to go to bed...
#auroraaustralis #waipara
The rays of the rising sun strike the billows and folds of the ridge of The Deans in Waipara
Here's another from Friday morning in Waipara.
White border added because I followed @paullecomtephoto.nz's recent tip...
#waipara #canonphotography
The rolling hills of Waipara billow in the morning light.
Believe it or not, this is a photograph of an airstrip.
#waipara #thedeans #canonphotography
The warm light of the rising sun casts its shadows over the eastern face of The Deans, in Waipara, North Canterbury
Rosy fingered Dawn.
#waipara #canonphotography
A cabbage tree gleams in the setting sun. Behind it a white limestone escarpment glows
More from last night’s sunset…
#waipara #hurunui #canonphotography
The ridges and cliffs of the limestone hills of the Waipara Gorge glow in the light of the setting sun
Sunset in limestone country
#waipara #hurunui #canonphotography
The Teviot hills are picked out by the last rays of the setting sun, while above them a truncated section of a rainbow gives the scene an unearthly glow...
Rainbow sunset this evening...
#waipara
January at the Hills was the coldest in at least 14 years (my records begin in 2011), at 14.9ºC. That's 2.5º lower than average (which is a *big* variance), 3.7º lower than last year, and 1.4º cooler than the previous low, set in 2014.
#NZweather #Waipara
Are we as researchers not starting conversations in the community on tricky issues (eg. Gene editing, glyphosate)? Beyond adhoc sporadic efforts? How can we get & maintain social licence otherwise? #Waipara #Bioprotection21
