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I recently spent a couple weeks traveling the North and South islands of New Zealand and I managed to hit almost every filming site from Lord of the Rings!

Here are some shots that I was able to re-create or that lined up with scenes from the movies very nicely.

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On Our Way To Mordor On Mt. Ruapehu

On Our Way To Mordor On Mt. Ruapehu

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RaY1
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dig her hair!! Upvotes for the awesome hairdo!

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Murat Blg
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One girl to see them all, One girl to find them, One girl to take photo them all and in the BoredPanda bind them !

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SnowyLynx
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, she did find the exact same spot! And props for that hair style!!

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Justine Nicole
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She looks like she was photoshopped into this one to me... zoom in on her edges

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AmberWolf
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

someone actually posted something related to my fandom yay

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Bill Door
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That looks like a mega holiday! <3 The locations I assume are listed by wingnut or one of the companies involved in making the movies?

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Ged Maybury
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also - Mt Ruapehu is a very appropriate stand-in for Mordor. It is a freakin' volcano, after all. Killed a lot of people in its time. (BTW, did you meet and Orcs? Y'know - from Auckland?)

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Leaving The Shire In Hobbit's Hideaway, Wellington

Leaving The Shire In Hobbit's Hideaway, Wellington

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Vlad Horobet
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes I can't find a building with its name written in big-a*s-bus-sized letters and some people can find the same tree and the same perspective from a movie made 17 years ago.

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Hiding From The Nazgul In Hobbit's Hideaway In Wellington

Hiding From The Nazgul In Hobbit's Hideaway In Wellington

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Traveling The Valley Of Harrowdale Towards The Paths Of The Dead At The Putangirua Pinnacles In Aorangi Forest

Traveling The Valley Of Harrowdale Towards The Paths Of The Dead At The Putangirua Pinnacles In Aorangi Forest

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Some Casual Reading In Hobbit's Hideaway, Wellington

Some Casual Reading In Hobbit's Hideaway, Wellington

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Isengard, In Glenorchy

Isengard, In Glenorchy

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Steve Bowman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where's Isengard? Good heavens, the whole city just disappeared! Probably for that bypass.

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