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Kōrero: South Canterbury region

View from space

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View from space

The milky turquoise blue of South Canterbury’s inland lakes stands out in this NASA image of the central South Island. Also visible are the snow-capped peaks of the Southern Alps, the Mackenzie Basin in which the lakes lie, and the coastal downlands.

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NASA Visible Earth

Reference: MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

by Jacques Descloitres

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John Wilson, South Canterbury region – Landscape and geology, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11296/view-from-space (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.