Canterbury Plains have a stunning Backdrop - All Year Round.

            The Southern Alps and the Canterbury Plain go together, after all the glaciation and outwash from the Southern Alps have created the Canterbury Plains.
In this section of the Southern Alps, the great Alpine Fault transverses the mountains diagonally. This fault is very active and marks the boundary between the Australia Plate and the subducting Pacific Plate to the east. All of this scene is on the Pacific Plate. In the sub-oceanic sections of the Alpine Fault to the SW and NE of South Island are the Puysegur Trench and the Hikurangi Trench respectively.
   

Taken in: New Zealand / Canterbury / Cairnbrae (show map)

Taken on: April 19, 2011

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Camera: Canon EOS 20D, f/13.0, 1/500 sec, 85mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 20D
Lens:	17.0-85.0 mm
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	85mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 24.0 (Windows)
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