Hooker Valley hike to the glacier descending from Mount Cook.
Picture above shows the white snow/ice of the glacier and the black debris
covered section ending in a sheet cliff of ice at the lake.
Mount Cook lily or buttercup, native to the South Island.
Large
pieces of ice break off and form icebergs in the lake, a process called
called "calfing."
Majestic Mount Cook, highest mountain in New Zealand, named Aoraki or Cloud Piercer by the Maori.
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