Giant, otherworldly balls scattered along north Otago’s Moeraki Beach, the Boulders look as though they were handcrafted and placed by design. These massive concretions are a geological marvel. Formed originally within ancient sea-floor mud through the slow, steady crystallisation of calcite over millions of years.

(An express section of the NZ 2026 Photo Journal)

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… of various levels of sophistication. Thanks to other tourists on the evenings of 5 and 6 June 2026 for letting me stay longer than average on the axis of symmetry.

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