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World Heritage Site #5 East Renell
This is a photo of Lake Lake Te Nggano on the island of Rennell in the Solomon Islands. The lake is a brackish water lake which is about 100m above sea level. The lake is home to the widest diversity of birds in the Pacific. The World Heritage Site is unique for many reasons, not the least of which is that it is the only location which is owned by customary land ownership. The people of Rennell are Polynesian, where as the rest of the Solomons are Melanesian. The remoteness of the island, coupled with the 100m cliffs surrounding the island, and the customary land ownership has protected the island from logging and mining, whereas the rest of the Solomons has been severely deforested.
The large version of the panorama is an enormous photos, so it might take some time to load.
My trip to Rennell was one of the most memorable of my trip, if only for the difficulty and remoteness of the island. You can read my three part report on Rennell here: part 1, part 2, part 3.
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Do you have a panoramic camera or do you stitch these together digitally?
Either way, looks great.
Hurrah for ADSL, because it didn’t take *too* long to load for me. It’s gorgeous. What’s the viewpoint like — is it just a summit or is there a building, or what?
Took forever to load, but oh so worth the wait. Another stunning shot!!