As well as a lot of fiords, Fiordland has a lot of lakes, including Lakes Te Anau (New Zealand's second biggest) and Manapouri (shown in this photo).
I took this photo on a boat trip from Manapouri township to West Arm, the most western point of the lake and the location of an underground power plant. The water was unusually still giving good reflections of the mountains and clouds.
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