Anu Karthik

Magical Peltier Channel

Peltier Channel is a channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) long, in a NE-SW direction, seems like its filled with pure white milk. Just magical!

Shiny peaks

Shining Peaks

Red Ending...

Sunset at Gate of the Valley View Yosemite We drove for hours before we reached the Yosemite National Park. We had at least an hour before sunset when I told my husband "The sun might hide behind the mountains well before it's time for the sunset." So we tried to hurry up our check-in process only to see a long line in front of us. We quickly got our keys, and looked at the map to see where the Valley view was and drove at a snail pace (constructions, darn!) and we reached. Surprisingly, there weren't many waiting. A few photographs were standing in the middle of the river. We scouted the area for a few minutes and settled at a spot, it was just big enough to fit the tripod and saw as the sun left a red shadow behind... We were lucky there was just enough water for a nice reflection :)

Surprise Glacier

As we took off from the cloudy Whittier, we embarked on a cruise watching whales, dolphins, seals and we turned a corner and surprise! The Surprise Glaciers :)

The perfect blue

We stumbled upon this blue lake as we were driving on our road trip across New Zealand. Sometimes it pays to drive slow :)

Natural Reflections

Royal Chateaux of Amboise

We took a long walk across the bridge after a sumptious dinner. We strolled through some narrow alleys to get to this view point. As we were waiting for the sun to go down, along the shore a beaver was going about gathering food. And as the sun went down, The Royal Chateaux of Amboise lit up.

Shiny Peaks

The snake river was perfectly still, resembling a huge piece of glass, when we reached in the wee hours morning. The beaver probably sleeping and a few swallows trying to get their early morning worm flying close to the water leaving ripples along the way. The calmness surrounding, just priceless. The sun rose far behind us, but was at an angle just light up the peaks into a golden hue, only visible for a few minutes during the sunrise.

The Red Reflection

We braved the harsh sun, insects and large (I am not kidding) mosquitoes as we waited for couple of hours to see the sun set behind the Grand Tetons. From various view points, the Grand Teton and it’s neighboring mountains tower upon you. But as you get closer to them via Schwabachers Landing, it seems like the Tetons seem to get smaller, odd. A little after the sunset, clouds turned a fiery red, for just for couple of minutes before the blue dusk took over.