Reflections are a gift to nature ramblers. With the right light conditions, the whole sky may be brought down to earth and mountains leveled to become one with the water. Reflections are a special boon for landscape photographers because it can be hard to convey the scale of a landscape in a picture. Reflections overcome this limitation by expanding the visual space and symmetry of a landscape, thus providing a more satisfying view of nature’s grandeur.
Lake Moraine, Alberta, Canada. The majesty of Banff National Park is reflected on Lake Moraine. Banff is Canada’s oldest national park. A UNESCO Heritage Site, the park spans 6,641 square kilometers or 2,564 square miles of unspoiled mountain, glacier and lake landscapes.A foggy, overcast morning, but the reflections of the trees made for a beautiful, quiet little scene at Yellowstone National Park.Mammoth Lakes, California. Located in the Eastern Sierra of California, Mammoth Lakes together with June Lake is one of the most visited mountain resort towns for skiers and snowboarders in winter and fishermen and hikers in summer.Milford Sound, New Zealand. The southwestern corner of New Zealand’s South Island is dominated by the enormous Fiordland National Park, a dramatic landscape of fiords with narrow fingers of sea cutting inland, flanked by cliffs thousands of feet high. Milford Sound is the most majestic of these fiords, with glacially carved walls reaching as high as 4,000 feet.Lake Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand. Located in the Otago region of New Zealand’s south island, Lake Wanka is the country’s fourth largest. Situated 278 meters above sea level, it spans 192 km2 and is more than 300 m (980 ft) deep.Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland. With its isolated position jutting out into the sea and it perfect cone, Kirjufell (Church Mountain) is the most photographed mountain in Iceland, despite its relatively low elevation of just 463 m. The mountain is visible from all angles in the westerly town of Grundarfjörður.Svalbard, Norway. A sailboat enters Svalbard, a remote archipelago halfway between northern Norway and the North Pole. The ice-covered islands posses endless unspoiled wilderness and a harsh environment, with short summers and long winters shrouded in darkness. Arnafjordur Bay, Iceland. West Iceland have a rich history steeped in folklore, mysticism, and magic that seems to be embodied in the very landscape. The Westfjords boasts the northernmost glacier in Iceland, Drangajokull glacier, and the scenic Arnarfjordur bay (pictured), the second widest fjord in Iceland.Sunrise lights the Patagonian mountain range known as Torres del Paine in Argentina, the fiery orange glow shimmering in the surrounding lake.Altai Tavan Bogd National Park, located in the very west part of Mongolia in Bayan-Ulgii province. The park has some of the most stunning scenery in all of Mongolia with splendid snow capped mountains, pristine lakes, large lush valleys.Karakul Lake, Xinjiang, China. Located 196 km southwest of Kashgar in Xinjiang, western China at an altitude of 3600 m, this is the highest lake of the Pamir plateau. Three of China’s highest peaks are visible from the lake, the highest being Kongur Tagh at 7649 m.Kamikōchi National Park in the remote mountainous highland valley within the Hida Mountains range, Nagano Prefecture, Western Japan.Blue Lake, New Zealand. Blue Lake, in New Zealand’s South Island is the world’s clearest lake with a visibility of up to 76 meters deep. Here is a rare photo by Colin Monteath of this recently discovered pristine natural wonder (picture was taken in 2013).
