Story: Gold and gold mining
These distinctive scars are at Northburn on the shores of Lake Dunstan, Central Otago. The gravel terraces have been sluiced away and large boulders have been stacked in rows along waste-water channels to produce this fern-like pattern. Vineyards have been established nearby (upper right).
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Department of Conservation
Photograph by Kevin Jones
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