New Zealand beach
Maori bay is northwest of Auckland; this is the south end of Muriwai beach. The white outcrop is a gannet colony. Maori bay is a popular surfing spot, too rocky for swimming. (Thanks to Bob Scott Anderson & esp. his wife Heather for the identification. I took this picture in 1980 and did not recall the name of the beach). New Zealand is God's gift to the world. 
posted by Bob at 8:00 PM
11 Comments:
Nice job on the scan, looks like there are people on the beach?
A truly beautiful place and a fantastic shot Fraser!
Wolf,
I think you are right about the people on the beach. Good eye. Thanks, Dave.
So pretty :) The water looks so nice...
Great picture Fraser!
~K
Beautiful shot. Like I place I would love to be right now :)
Suby
Gannet colony? Birds, I suppose...
Love this photo, Fraser. The water is a beautiful. I really like the composition, particularly the inclusion of the foreground.
Really nice beach. And dark sand... is there or has there been vulcanism going on?
Nicola,
New Zealand, like every nation on the Pacific rim, is vulnerable to volcanies and earthquakes. There is a place in Napier (further south on the east coast of the North Island) that rose out of the oceans in the 1930s during an earthquake. People started building homes on that land in the 1950's.
That sand gets hot when it is dry and the sun is shining on it. But the beaches are not overcrowded. Some are black sand and many white.
The double advantage is that you pick the coldest month for you in the Northern Hemisphere and head to New Zealand and it is great!!!
Looks like two people and a dog down there! And Black sand! Is is volcanic?
Whoops, I just read the previous comments! Volcanos!
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