Alpenglow settles on Aoraki / Mount Cook at sunset, seen from the Hermitage Hotel in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park. Rising to 3,724 meters (12,218 feet), Aoraki is the highest mountain in New Zealand. As the sun drops, warm light briefly catches the upper snowfields while the lower slopes fall into deep blue shadow—a quiet, fleeting moment that emphasizes the mountain’s scale, structure, and stillness.
