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Moments of Rangitoto

28 October 2009 · Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

In my life, I’ve mostly been a fan of finding new and different views, but there’s something to be said for watching the same view over time.

My friend of nearly 30 years, Kevin, and his wife Jen are currently visiting New Zealand. For a while now, I’ve been planning a day trip for us to Rangitoto, a volcanic island just outside Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour. Our tickets are booked for this Friday. w00+!

Over the last couple of months, whenever I’m at the beach (which is at least a couple times per week), I’ve taken a shot of Rangitoto and uploaded it to photo-a-day sharing site Momentile.com using their eponymously awesome iPhone app.

Below is my compleat chronicling of Rangitoto (from afar.) Photos were taken between Browns Bay and Takapuna.

Update (Feb 27, 2012): Apparently, Momentile is on its last legs. After emailing the creators, I managed to get my ’tiles back and am now serving them from my web server.

Rangitoto - 2 Sep 2009
2 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 4 Sep 2009
4 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 7 Sep 2009
7 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 13 Sep 2009
13 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 16 Sep 2009
16 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 20 Sep 2009
20 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 21 Sep 2009
21 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 26 Sep 2009
26 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 27 Sep 2009
27 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 30 Sep 2009
30 Sep 2009
Rangitoto - 9 Oct 2009
9 Oct 2009
Rangitoto - 10 Oct 2009
10 Oct 2009
Rangitoto - 11 Oct 2009
11 Oct 2009
Rangitoto - 14 Oct 2009
14 Oct 2009
Rangitoto - 17 Oct 2009
17 Oct 2009
Rangitoto - 23 Oct 2009
23 Oct 2009
Rangitoto - 26 Oct 2009
26 Oct 2009
Rangitoto - 28 Oct 2009
28 Oct 2009

Update: Our day on Rangitoto has come and gone. We had gorgeous weather and got to enjoy views like the one below. It was quite fun to finally stand on top of the landmark I’ve admired for so long from afar!

View from Rangitoto - 30 Oct 2009
30 Oct 2009 - View from Rangitoto

☝️ Unfortunately, Zoomr went belly up long ago and I haven’t figured out a way to recover my photos from it. 😭