You know what I love about your photos? They get my juices flowing. Not those juices..get ya mind out of the gutter lol. The creative juices, the lust for color...namely blue color. Not just one blue, but all the shades and values of 'blue'. The various blues of the sky, steel blue shadows on the mountains, the aquas of the rivers, the royal blue of the water shadows, the indigo of your lady's britches, all soothe the soul and calm the mind. At least mine anyway lol.
Also, why is it called Land of the Long White Cloud? If you've mentioned it in your previous post on New Zealand I have either missed it or forgotten (happens more often nowadays)?
Nothing like moist juices huh?
I mean mind juices.
So, it basically refers to the unique cloud formations that occur there and there's some speculation/belief that the Māori word Aotearoa translates to land of the long white cloud. I like that explanation...although some probably don't believe it and it's a point of conjecture depending on who's doing the talking.
Here's one of my images as a bit of an indication.
As for the blue...Yeah, it's quite nice isn't it? The whole place is so lovely. NZ is a really cool place, one of my favourite places in the world.
Yep, that explanation fits the name, so that's what it will be. I had noticed the clouds in all the pics that showed sky, but your example pic here shows the 'long white cloud' shape better.
It's quite the phenomenon and feels right when one thinks of the description when observing the cloud formations.