Spectacular lakes in Indonesia

This is Kelimutu National Park located in the mountains of Flores Island in the Indonesian archipelago. It is famous for having three colorful lakes that actually change color over time. I shot this panorama view with 8 frames, overlapping about 50%, and then I stitched them together in Photoshop to create this sweeping view. I usually try and avoid midday sunlight for landscapes, but this is a rare situation in which this kind of light was exactly what was needed to bring out the saturated and somewhat eerie color of the lakes. My settings were 1/40, f/22, and 400 ISO. I used a tripod, and the camera was positioned vertically.