Monday, March 9, 2009

Punakaiki







This is on the west coast of the South Island and it can be pretty windy. During the night, the wind got up so much, we thought Em`s tent would collapse at one point!
Scientists think that the Pancake Rocks were formed through a process called stylo-bedding, but apparantly, the scientists are still rather baffled (as we were - stylo-bedding?)
When the tide is high and the waves are big enough, the sea booms through blowholes.

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