14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Ice and snow

Despite wind and snow below, the weather cleared near the peak of our winter hike across the Tongariro alpine crossing and we enjoyed beautiful mountain ice sculptures around the protruding rocks.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2015
Date Uploaded: 06.2016
Photo Location: Tongariro, New Zealand
Camera: XT1068
Copyright: © Kathryn Peimn