Cazneaux Tree [Explored]

Cazneaux's Tree is a large river red gum that was made famous by Australian pictorialist photographer Harold Cazneau (1878 -1953) who photographed this tree in 1937 and his photo titled "The Spirit of Endurance", bought international recognition.

 

It is early morning and the sun behind me has just started to rise above a saddle between two hills and it is these hills that are casting long shadows across the plain.

The near full moon is frozen between jaws comprised of the tree's foliage.

 

This tree is listed by the National Trust of South Australia and is located a few kilometres north of Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

The mountains in the background are part of the Heysen Range between Wilpena Pound and the Bunyeroo Valley.

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