Tasman Glacier and Mt. Cook - New Zealand

Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand, one of several large glaciers, which flow south and east toward the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island.  At 23.5 kilometers in length (14.6 mi) in length, Tasman Glacier is still New Zealand's longest glacier, despite shrinking considerably from the 1990's onwards.  It is as much as 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) wide and 600 metres (2,000 ft) thick, and lies entirely within the borders of Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.

Although its upper reaches are snow-covered, rocks carried by the glacier are exposed by ablation along its course and the lower glacier is entirely rock-covered.  The rock cover helps insulate the ice from the sunlight and slows down the melting process.

We arrived at the lake in the evening just a little before sunset. The sun was beginning to go down further. The glacier  lake,  Mt. Cook and the entire scene was becoming so much more dramaticl.  You can see nature created a most wonderful and dramatic scene for the evening.  It was awesome!