Sunset at Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand

Jana Eichel

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

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This photo of New Zealand’s highest mountain, glowing in the evening light, was taken during fieldwork at the Mueller rockslide. Not only were we investigating a landslide, but Mount Cook has also been shaped by one. In December 1991, the eastern summit of Mount Cook collapsed and a large rock avalanche descended downwards, creating a magnitude 3.9 earthquake and leaving Mount Cook 10 m shorter than before.

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Type Image Format JPG Size 16.1 MB Width 5742 px Height 3828 px Aspect 3:2 Brand Sony Model ILCE-6000 Exposure 16 mm f/3.5 1/60 s ISO 400 Taken 19 February 2017 Coordinates -43.7116, 170.0693 Tint Black Submitted 23 January 2018