09/09/2026
I wanted to share Ruapehu at night. A wide night sky full of stars stretches over a low-lit ridge and a snow-lined peak, organized around a clear vertical sweep from bright constellations down to the dark foreground. A small, warmly lit lodge near the base gives human scale and a quiet counterpoint to the immensity above, and the cool light on the mountain, set against that warmth, feels calm rather than lonely. See it on the wall here: https://www.grphotos.kiwi/warehouse-open-edition-prints/art_print_products/ruapehu-atb-nigh