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Photo: Milford Sound
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Photograph by James L. Amos
Rudyard Kipling described the South Island's Milford Sound as the eighth wonder of the world. The sound owes some of its allure to the 23 feet (7 meters) of rain that falls here each year, nourishing lush grasses and forests.
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