Kodaikanal, India – The Kodaikanal Lake on the Palani Hills, in the South Indian State of Tamil Nadu located at about 7000 feet above mean sea level. The colonial town and hill station, was set up by the British when they were in India. In fact this lake was created by a British engineer in 1863. Image shot in the morning sunlight; some lotus flowers can be seen in the water in the foreground.