Before and After

I really enjoy looking at old photos and postcards of locations and then comparing them to current images. There are many great books on this same subject. One of my favorites shows before and after scenes of my hometown of Portland. I recently found a fantastic photo postcard of a small town in New Zealand, and then happened upon a photo of the same view today. Ohakune is a small ski town of a little over 1,000 inhabitants located at the southern end of the Tongariro National Park. It is close to the southern slope of an active volcano, Mount Ruapehuo.