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Weather of 2012

Created 12/01/13
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The wind tunnel beside the University of Otago Richardson building is always a good place to get a photo of students battling the elements on a winter's day. Photo by Craig Baxter. [1] Who said girls aren't tough? St Hilda's Collegiate School players prove them wrong. Photo by Peter McIntosh. [1] Sea Princess, the last of last season's cruise ships, glides past Deborah Bay in April with her 1950 passengers and 950 crew. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. [1] To most, a hailstorm at go-home time is an inconvenience as cars skid and slip. Some of our students, however, turn the icy crystals into impromptu fun. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. [1] Looking for pictures following an overnight snowfall, I stopped at the top of Taieri road while a flurry passed through. It left everything coated with wet snow. The snow only lasted long enough to shoot a few frames of the postcard scene before it melted. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. [1] The aim in bad weather is to keep your camera gear dry, then, if possible, keep yourself dry. Fortunately, a veranda was available for this shot of a pedestrian leaping to the footpath in Albany St during a downpour. Photo by Gerard O'Brien. [1] Unusual clouds form over the Allied Press building. Photo by Stephen Jaquiery. [1]
 

Dunedin's weather always provides achallenge for Otago Daily Times photographers and the city'sresidents alike as these 2012 photographs show.

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