Lake Taupo in New Zealand with Mt Ruapeho in the background. Those mountains are where scenes of Lord of the Rings were filmed

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View of Lake Taupo with Mt Ruapehu and Mt Tongariro at the far end

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Size: 3791px × 2547px
Location: Taupo, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Glenn Aguilar / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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