They arrived on boats.
Photos: Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand
In thermal regions of New Zealand, where the air is pungent and rich in minerals, tiny fluorescent algae blossoms cover branches like orange velvet sleeves.
Sometimes New Zealand is home to me; comforting and warm and tranquil. Other times its an alien world and I look around, wide-eyed like a child. Photos: Waimangu, New Zealand